Runestone from Nasta
Coordinates: 59 ° 20 ′ 25.1 ″ N , 15 ° 21 ′ 2.3 ″ E
The approximately two-meter-high rune stone from Nasta ( Swedish Nastasten - Nä 34), (also called rune stone from Rinkaby), is considered a perfect example of the Urnes style . It is north of Fellingsbro in the Swedish province of Örebro län and the historic province of Närke , on the edge of the forest near the road.
Its center is something that is stylistically related to the “greyhound” at the Urnes portal. Dragon creatures. The guiding, branching and crossing of the snake's body and the tendril loops are masterfully executed. The inscription on the stone, which a mother erected for her son in the Viking Age (around 1100 AD) and which was improperly cut in the 19th century and is therefore somewhat vague, reads: “Tored had this stone set for Lydbjörn, hers good son ”. The name Tored does not appear on any other stone, while Lydbjörn also appears on the stone from Skarpåker (Sö 154). The stone could have come from the rune master Livsten. Livsten was an Uppland rune master who "described" about 18 rune stones between 1030 and 1050, four of which he signed, including U 1164 at Heby. His work was characterized by large quadrupeds and intricate ornaments.
literature
- Sigmund Oehrl: Four-legged representations on Swedish rune stones: studies on North Germanic animal and bondage iconography . De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-022742-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ A quarter of all rune stones in Sweden were set by women / mothers - 1/4 av alla stenar i Sverige är resta av kvinnor in [1]