Tuesday, May 24, 2011

This is a Swedish runestone from about 1100 and was written in memory of a mother, father and brother. It was found outside the church in Ed, Sweden, commissioned by a man named Portsteinn and carved by a well-known stonecarver, Oepir.
It says ' Portsteinn had the landmark made in memory of Sveinn, his father, and in memory of Pórir, his brother. They were abroad in Greece. And in memory of Ingibóra, his mother. Œpircar.

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

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