Eikstein
The Eikstein ( German "Eichenstein" ) is a rune stone that was found in 1972 on the Sogna River in Hauge i Dalane near Egersund in the Rogaland Fylke in Norway .
He has been reconstructed and is in the Archaeological Museum of Stavanger . It was probably originally standing next to a bridge. The remains of a medieval street were found in an excavation in the years 2000-2001 nearby.
The stone is made of red granite and is about 60 cm high, 40 cm thick and 50 cm wide. The runes in Younger Futhark are on the largest smooth side. The stone was dated to 1100 AD.
The runic inscription reads: sak (s) i: kir þ ikous þ akafirir * sal (o) mou þ orsin ar þ ourripi * bru þ isa
"Sakse made this bridge in memory of his mother Turid for thanking God."
The stone belongs to a group of several stones in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, where a named person set up the rune stone in memory of a deceased person and built a bridge. At the same time, the inscriptions give the impression that it was created after Christianity took hold in the country. Bridge stones are relatively numerous in Denmark and especially in Sweden. Only two stones are known in Norway. In addition to the Eikstein, this is the runestone from Dynna von Gran in Hadeland , in the Fylke Innlandet .
literature
- Aslak Liestøl: Innskrifta på Eiksteinen. Stavanger museums årbok 1972 p. 67ff
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Coordinates: 58 ° 20 ′ 37.5 ″ N , 6 ° 18 ′ 39.5 ″ E