Årsundasten
The Årsundasten (Gs 9) is a rune stone that can be found in the Karnhaus of Årsunda Church in Sandviken municipality in Gästrikland in Sweden .
The red sandstone is 2.1 m high, 85 cm wide and 15-20 cm thick and was discovered in 1690. The rune height is 5.0 to 8.0 centimeters. The stone is torn in the middle but put back together again. The upper right corner has disappeared. The detailed carving was created between 1020 and 1050 and shows a cross in the middle, the world tree Yggdrasil and two human figures. The circumferential snake band is connected at the bottom with an Irish belt . The inscription reads:
"(I) nu-r: sun: r [u] þ [u] (r) at × [uili] (t) ... ... [Ris:] t eftir: þurker: bruþu [r: sin: ok: kyþe = lfi: muþur: sina: uk]: eft [i] R: [a] sbiorn: o [k: o] ifuþ "
Translated "Aunund (?), Rodas (?) Son ... (had the stone set) for Torger, his brother, and Gudälv, his mother, and for Åsbjörn and Oifuþ."
- Årsundasten
The 9 Sigurdstones
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It is believed that the stone belongs to the Sigurdstones found in eastern Sweden . Above it shows a man who seems to be digging a sword into the snake's body and can be identified as Sigurd in comparison with Drävle's U 1163 . Similar representations are known of six other rune stones in Sweden: ( Sö 101 , Sö 327 , U 1163, Bo NIYR; 3, U 1175 , Gs 9 and Gs 19 ). The second figure possibly represents the dwarf Andvare (with the Andvaranaut in hand).
literature
- Sven BF Jansson: Gästriklands runinskrifter (= Sveriges runinskrifter , Volume 15.1), Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1981, ISBN 91-7402-124-9 , pp. 79-87. ( online )
Web links
- Årsundasten - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 60 ° 31 ′ 20 ″ N , 16 ° 44 ′ 25 ″ E