Nävelsjösten

Front and side views of the nevelsjösten

The Nävelsjösten ( Samnordisk runtextdatabas Sm 101) is one of the 30 England rune stones , six of which are in Småland . It is on the village road in Nöbbeleholm near Nävelsjö in the municipality of Vetlanda in Småland in Sweden .

The rune stone is a 2.5 m high, 0.4 m wide and 0.3 m thick column made of granite . It is one of the 30 England rune stones and was erected in memory of a father who died in England and who was buried by his brother in Bath , Somerset , England . Helge buried Gunnar in a stone box and then had Gunnar's son Gunnkel erected in Nävelsjö. The inscription is on two sides. One narrow side of the stone is provided with a Christian cross together with the serpentine ribbon.

The translation of the text reads: “Gunnkel placed this stone after Gunnar, his father, Rode's son. Helge put him, his brother, in Bath in a stone coffin in England. "

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  Red dots indicate rune stones on which longer journeys are reported.

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  Front view, 1944

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  Front view, 1944

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  Side view

literature

• Karsten Kjer Michaelsen : Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid. Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 .
• Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8

Web links

Commons : Smålands runinskrifter 101  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nävelsjösten - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)

Coordinates: 57 ° 24 '57.6 "  N , 14 ° 50' 36.1"  E