Runestone from Gredby gata
The rune stone from Gredby gata (Sö 108) is located near Gredby bro near Eskilstuna in Södermanland in Sweden . The stone from Gredby gata has been moved here, but was originally near its current location.
The rune stone Sö 108 is a light granite stone . It is 1.6 m high and 94 cm wide. The unknown rune master used engraved Swedish runes from the 11th century. The words are separated by colons. In the center of the representation is a large ring cross without decoration. The serpentine band starts at the foot, in the middle of the stone and runs clockwise along the edge of the stone until it reaches the starting point. The main bow is tied to a second serpentine ribbon. The snake has a pointed head and protruding, round eyes, but no tongue. The rune text starts at the tail and runs counterclockwise.
The text reads: “Gunnulv placed this stone after his father Ulv. He was out with Ingvar ”.
- Runestone from Gredby gata
The stone group
The serpentine ribbon - below
Ring cross
This is one of the 26 Ingvar stones . You can clearly see the lettering "Ikuari" (for Ingvar). As with other Ingvar stones you can see here that the name Ingvar stands for itself and occupies a central position on the stone. Ingvar Vittfarne ( German "Ingvar the far-traveled " , also Ingvar Emundsson) undertook a war trip ( Swedish útrór ) to Serkland on the Caspian Sea , in which he and many of his people died. After six years, only one of thirty ships returned to the Mälaren in 1042 AD .
The two rune stones that are nearby are the rune stone from Balsta (Sö 107) and the stone Sö 109 from Eskilstuna.
literature
- Ingegerd Wachtmeister, Thorgunn Snaedal Brink: Runstenar i Södermanland , Södermanlands museum, 1984, ISBN 91-85066-52-4 .
Web links
- Runestone from Gredby gata - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- svenskarunstenar.net: description and picture (Swedish)
Coordinates: 59 ° 22 ′ 30 ″ N , 16 ° 32 ′ 44.6 ″ E