Runestone Sö 98
The rune stone Sö 98 belongs together with rune stone Sö 96 , rune stone Sö 97 and the fragments of rune stone Sö 99 and Sö 100 to the rune stones of the Jäders kyrka in Jäder near Kjulaås, northeast of Eskilstuna in Södermanland in Sweden .
The runic inscription Sö 98 in the wall of the Jäders kyrka is often referred to as “Limpa (n)” (loaf) because the stone resembles a round bread. The fully walled limestone is located about 2.7 meters above the ground in the southern outer wall of the church. A little to the side and below is Sö 99. The two stones were probably walled in for decorative purposes. The Limpan was probably a grave ball that lay on a grave by the early medieval church. This was a custom that quickly disappeared. Another, only decorated, grave ball is built into the wall of the Toresunds kyrka near Strängnäs . Parts of the short inscription are weathered. The rest is: "... scratched the runes".
literature
- Ingegerd Wachtmeister, Thorgunn Snaedal Brink: Runstenar i Södermanland Södermanlands museum , 1984, ISBN 91-85066-52-4 .
Web links
- Runenstein Sö 98 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- svenskarunstenar.net: Description and pictures (Swedish)
Coordinates: 59 ° 24 ′ 34.6 ″ N , 16 ° 41 ′ 27.2 ″ E