Runestone from Malt

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The roughly three meter high rune stone by Malt (no. DK SJy 38; Danish Maltstenen ; Andet no .: NOR1988; 5) comes from the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) and weighs 3.5 t and consists of gneiss . It was found in 1987 in a field near Malt, a town on the Kongeåen (river) southwest of Skibelund and Vejen in Jutland . Since the rune stone was with the written side down, the runes are in very good condition.

The runic inscription, with 153 characters in the younger Futhark , is one of the longest inscriptions in Denmark . It consists of a horizontal and a vertical part.

The horizontal part of five complete and one incomplete rune line represents the lower part of the inscription. To the right of the inscription is the carving of a small stylized human face, which is similar to the depiction on one of the rune stones from Jelling . The horizontal arrangement of the runic inscription, which is otherwise only known from the large Jelling stone, is apparently due to the consistency of the stone.

The vertical part consists of two runic lines and two empty runic ribbons. The right of the two lines contains, read from bottom to top, a complete younger futhark , which corresponds to the one on the rune stone "Gørlevstein 1" on Zealand . The stone bears a fabulous and mythological inscription with incantations. It has not yet been interpreted beyond doubt. There are different translations, although the dating is perceived differently.

The stone is in the museum at Sønderskov Manor, southeast of Brørup .

literature

  • Thomas Birkmann : From Ågedal to Malt - The Scandinavian runic inscriptions from the end of the 5th to the end of the 9th century. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York, 1995. ISBN 3-11-014510-3 . Pp. 361-372.
  • Svend-Aage Knudsen, Karen Thuesen: Omstridt runesten . (German disputed rune stone) In: Skalk 1988: 2.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 26 '2.9 "  N , 9 ° 5' 25.8"  E