Runestone from Galteland
The rune stone of Galteland ( N 184) is one of the 30 so-called England rune stones . It was found at the Galteland farm near Evje in Fylke Agder in Norway .
There is a copy of the stone that was first described by Bishop Thomas Cortsøn Wegener (1588–1654) in 1639. Back then it was still intact. It was later smashed into pieces, but most of the inscription remained legible. The stone originally stood in the middle of a stone circle made of 10 stones. The circle was reconstructed when the copy of the rune stone was erected. It consists of 10 approx. 60–70 cm high, 40–50 cm wide and 10–15 cm thick stones that are copies.
It is one of the rune stones in the (older) RAK style (980-1015 AD). RAK stones do not have a snake design, their rune ribbons end straight. Other examples are e.g. B. Karlevi and Rök and in Norway the runestone of Transjö .
It was erected in memory of a son who died in the service of Canute the Great's army (around 995-1035) when he attacked England in 1015. The text says:
“Arnsteinn erected this stone in memory of Bjórr his son, who died in the wake when Knútr attacked England. God is one. "
The fragments of the stone are stored in the Kulturhistorisk Museum in Oslo.
literature
- Terje Spurkland: Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions. Van der Hoek, Betsy (trans.). Boydell Press 2005. pp. 108-111, 133. ISBN 1-84383-186-4 .
- Birgit Sawyer, Peter H. Sawyer: Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation, Circa 800-1500. University of Minnesota Press, 1993, pp. 103. ISBN 0-8166-1738-4 .
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Coordinates: 58 ° 34 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 7 ° 47 ′ 15.2 ″ E