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Rune-stone Kungsbacken, Vg4, L1962:152 in Ek parish, Mariestad municipality

Rune-stone Kungsbacken, Vg4, L1962:152 in Ek parish, Mariestad municipality
Photo: Bo Sibbern-Larsen

Runic inscription

utr : skalt : raisti : stain : þinsi : aftir : þurstain : sun : sin : auk : stain:bru : karþi : (f)(i)(r)(i)(r) : (i)(s) : (a)(t)(i) : (þ)ria : buia : i : homri · auk : þria : tiauku : marka : at : airiki

Inscription

utr : skalt : raisti : stain : þinsi : aftir : þurstain : sun : sin : auk : stain:bru : karþi : (f)(i)(r)(i)(r) : (i)(s) : (a)(t)(i) : (þ)ria : buia : i : homri · auk : þria : tiauku : marka : at : airiki

Translation

Oddr Skald raised this stone and made the stone-bridge in memory of Þorsteinn, his son. He owned three estates in 'hamarr'-partition and thirty marks (deposit) with Eiríkr.

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Rune-stone Kungsbacken, Vg4, L1962:152 in Ek parish, Mariestad municipality

Facts

Monument number L1962:152
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Ek 1:1
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Damage
County Västra Götaland
Municipality Mariestad
Parish Ek
Coordinates 58.6298875, 13.8214235
Sources
Most of the factual information in Runkartan comes from the Swedish National Heritage Board’s Fornsök data and from the Scandinavian Runic Text Database. The maps come from OpenStreetMap and Leaflet.js. The photographs were taken by the credited photographers.