Runestone from Kjølevik
The Runestone Kjølevik ( Norwegian Kjøleviksteinen ) was established in 1882 on the farm in the municipality Kjølevik beach in Norwegian Fylke Rogaland discovered. The stone was with the lettered side down over the entrance to a potato cellar. According to local tradition, it is said to have stood in a small pile of stones near the courtyard together with a second rune stone that no longer exists . Following the tradition, so can a small Roese be assumed (norw. Roy).
The stone made of coarse-grained, gray granite with a length of 2.70 m, a maximum width of 53 cm and a thickness of 23 cm has an elongated, irregular shape that tapers upwards and a straight, lower end.
The inscription
The three-line inscription runs from bottom to top on the broad side of the stone. The first row starts in the lower part and ends roughly in the middle of the stone. It leads directly along the long edge, which is not unusual for Norwegian stones. Some runes are damaged by a crack in the upper area . The other two slightly staggered lines start roughly in the middle of the stone.
The object is one of the 32 Norwegian rune stones that were mostly used in funerary monuments. Due to the circumstances of the find, archeology cannot contribute to the dating of this stone. The difficult to read inscription is one of the few with runes in older Futhark and, as similar stones show, dates to the Iron Age around AD 400–450.
Cultural-historical interpretation
It cannot be determined whether the stone comes from a socio-historical and cultural-historical find environment, such as a richly decorated grave or a large burial mound. There are no significant archaeological observations from the further discovery area. The next large homestead was in Strand, about 10 kilometers to the south. Its special position is indicated by a treasure trove, a richly equipped gun grave, four Nausts , an equestrian grave from the Viking Age and a medieval wooden church.
The stone was transferred to Kristiania, now Oslo , in 1883 . It is exhibited in the Archaeological Collection of the University of Oslo . The imitation of the Kjølevik stone made in 1982 (it is not a real copy) is at the site.
The building stone from Store Bjelland is nearby .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Kjølevik Runestein Beach. Digitalt Museum, March 17, 2014, accessed August 24, 2020 .
Coordinates: 59 ° 6 '23.9 " N , 5 ° 57' 21.7" E