Bjärby runestone
The rune stone of Bjärby ( Swedish Bjarbysten - no. Oil 36) is a rune stone that stands at Bjärby on the Swedish island of Öland in the municipality of Borgholm in Kalmar län .
The rune stone from the mid-11th century was for the notes of John Haquini Rhezelius (d. 1666) erected a bridge over a creek and was in 1634 again. It is made from Öland limestone . The runes on the Bjarbystein are carved into a ribbon of snakes. The head and tail of the snake unite at the foot of the stone. The snake forms the border for a cross in the middle of the stone.
The text on the Bjarbystein reads: “Härfrid and Vidbjörn had this stone built for their father Fastulf. Siglaug had it built for her husband. He was buried in the church. ”The inscription is only partially encircled by a double serpentine band.
One kilometer north of the Bjarbystein, opposite the Lerkaka mills , there is the Lerkaka rune stone built in memory of "Rike Unn" (oil 37).
literature
- Johannes Maringer: The snake in art and cult of prehistoric people In: Anthropos Vol. 72, 1977, pp. 881-920
Web links
- Bjärby runestone - entry in the "Fornsök" database of the Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Bjärby and Lerkaka rune stones (Swedish)
Coordinates: 56 ° 42 ′ 39.2 ″ N , 16 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ E