Stavanger stone cross
The Stavanger Stone Cross is a stone cross in Norway dating from the 11th century. The original location is unclear. Today it is in the entrance hall of the Stavanger Museum . The cross was erected after 1028. A runic inscription reports that it was built for the local ruler Erling Skjalgsson. He fought with King Olav the Holy . This is the only known runic inscription in Norway that mentions people who were also mentioned in Norse sagas.
Inscription (reconstructed)
- ALFKAIR BRISTR RAISTI STAIN ÞINA AFT ARLIK TROTIN SIN IS AIN UAS UR ARNI UILTR IS HAN BARIÞISK UIÞ OLAIF .
German
- Alfgeir, priest, set up this stone for Erling, his master, who was abandoned and betrayed by his own when he fought with Olav
The shape of the cross is similar to crosses in Thuringia (Eisenach, Küllstedt).
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Remarks
- ↑ Sæbjørg Walaker Nordeide: Steinkors og korssteiner i nordvestre Europa , Collegium Mediviale 2011, p. 141, cf. Frank Störzner , Stone Crosses in Thuringia , Catalog of the Erfurt District, 1984