Olsbrosten
The Olsbrosten ( Olsbrostein or Alvaredsten , Vg 181) is a rune stone in Frugården, west of Åsarp , about 21 km south of Falköping on Reichsstrasse 46 in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län . It was possibly carved around 970 and is dedicated to a man who died in " Eistland " ( Baltic States ). The stone is counted among the Baltic Sea rune stones and has an unusual ornamentation that depicts the large animal under a cross .
description
The stone is about 2.1 m high and 1.6 m wide. Its original ornamentation with the depiction of the "Big Beast" under a cross is unusual for Vestergötland and makes it one of the most remarkable rune stones in the province. The stone may have been carved by a rune master Håvard around 970 . Similar runic inscriptions have been found in Denmark. The carver may have been the same as one of the Jelling rune stones .
inscription
The Olsbrosten is the only stone in Sweden that mentions Eistland , the Nordic term for a Baltic region.
The inscription reads:
- "Kufi: rsþi: stin: þesi: eftR: ulaf: sun: sin * trk * hrþa * kuþan * hn * uarþ * trbin * i * estlatum * hu (a) rþ (r) * iuk * s ---"
German:
- “Gufi erected this stone in memory of Ólafr, his son, a very brave man. He was killed in Eistland. Hávarðr created this stone. "
More rune stones in the northern Ätradalen (Valley) report on trips both to the west and to the east ( Ingvar Runestones ).
literature
- Sigmund Oehrl: On the interpretation of anthropomorphic and theriomorphic image representations on the late Viking Age rune stones of Sweden (= Vienna Studies on Scandinavian Studies. Vol. 16). Praesens, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7069-0346-6 .
Web links
- Description Swedish and picture
- Description Swedish and picture
- Olsbrosten - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Remarks
- ↑ Not Estonia , this term only became common in the 19th century
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↑ Old Norse transcription:
- Gufi ræisti stæin þennsi æfti R Olaf, sun sinn, dræng harða goðan. Hann varð drepinn i Æistlandum. Havarðr (?) Hiogg s [tæin].
Coordinates: 58 ° 1 '2.2 " N , 13 ° 33' 20.5" E