Ramsund engraving
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The Ramsundritzung ( Swedish Ramsundsristningen ) is a stone with an incised drawing under which there is a runic inscription (No. Sö 101). The rock carving with a width of 4.6 meters and a height of 1.9 meters is located north of Sundby Church in the parish of Eskilstuna in Södermanland, Sweden . Since the drawing is a representation of the Sigurd saga, which was commissioned by a woman named Sigrid, the carving is also known under the name "Sigurdritzung". The killing of the snake refers (as with Göksten) to the incision on the lower edge, where the serpentine ribbon is pierced with a sword.
The rune text is
- siriþR kiarþi bur þosi muþiR alriks tutiR urms fur salu hulmkirs faþur sukruþar buata sis ,
which can be translated with
- "Sigriþr, Alrikr's mother, Ormr's daughter, made this bridge for the soul of Holmgeirr, father of Sigruþr, her husband."
Comparable representations from the Sigurd saga are known of six other rune stones in Sweden, which are collectively referred to as Sigurd stones (Sö 327 Gökstenritzung , U 1163 Dräflesten, Bo NIYR 3 Norumfunten, U 1175 rune stone by Stora Ramsjö , Gs 9 Årsundasten and Gs 19 rune stone by Ockelbo ).
literature
- Klaus Düwel , Eva Nyman : Ramsund , in: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , Vol. 24, pp. 124–28
Web links
- Ramsundritzung - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Sigurd in the Ramsundberget carving
Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ′ 28.6 " N , 16 ° 38 ′ 4" E