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Dalby Runestone

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Rundata ID
  
DR 298

Produced
  
10th century

Region
  
Scania

City/Village
  
Lund

Style
  
RAK

Dalby Runestone

Country
  
Sweden (formerly Denmark)

The Dalby Runestone, previously called the Sjöstorp Stone, DR 298, is a runestone from Dalby in Scania, Sweden. Today, the stone is located outside the Kulturen museum in Lund. The stone was carved during the Viking Age, and is made of granite. The style, with straight, vertical bands of runes, is called RAK.

Inscription

A transliteration of the inscription is as follows:

þurkiʀ : raþi : stin : þan... (:) at : itinkil : faur : sin : kuþn : buta : as : liki/lik i/ : hu(k)(-)(-)

Normalized:

Þorgeirr reisti stein þenn[a] at Steinkel, fôður sinn, góðan bónda, er lengi/liggr í/ .../haug[i].

Modern Norwegian:

Þorgeir reiste denne sten etter Stenkil, hans far, en god bonde, som lenge/ligger i/ ... haugen.

English:

Þorgeirr raised this stone in memory of Steinkell, his father, a good husbandman, who long / lies in ... mound.

References

Dalby Runestone Wikipedia