Not too long ago i drove and took a look at this runestone, called Sparlösastenen, while there i filmed this little clip.
Some info about the runestone:
Most of the inscriptions are from 800-900, but one more inscription was added around year 1000.
Its name, Sparlösa, is from the place where its found; Sparlösa in Västergötland (south west Sweden). Some parts of the runestone is sadly damaged, but most is intact.
How the runestone is described by one scholar:
Images:
* North side of the stone(0:45):
Picture of two birds intertwined with two snakes, one of the birds looks like a owl, the other a crane.
* East side(0:30):
Two spirals and a part of a mans head (stone damaged).
*South side(0:06):
There is a impressive building at the top (by some thought to be a temple), a ship with two birds, a spotted lion/cat-looking animal (alternatively a dog) with a cub, a man with a sword on a horse and a elk-looking animal behind him.
*West side(1:07):
At the bottom there is a bearded man holding up a rectangular form with crosses on it.
The meaning of the texts/runes has been discussed a lot by runeologists, partly because of the damages and partly because of the way the text is written, both makes it open for some interpretation.
This is one interpretation:
* a¤iuls kaf ÷ airikis sunR kaf alrik- -
"Öjuls gave, son of Erik. Gave Alrik.
* ---t---la kaf rau- at kialt(i) * …a sa- faþiR ubsal faþiR suaþ a-a-u--ba …-omas notu auk takaR ÷ aslriku lu--R ukþ-t a(i)u(i)sl
"...gave..in return. When the father in Uppsala, the father who.. nights and days. Alrik was not afraid Öjuls..
* …s---n(u)(R)-a-- þat sikmar aiti makuR airikis makin(i)aru þuno * aft aiuis uk raþ runoR þaR raki-ukutu iu þar suaþ aliriku lu(b)u faþi '
"..Sigmar is called Eriks son... great battle. For Öjul is the stone made and read the runes, from the gods inherited, Alrik carved.
* ui(u)-am …--ukrþsar(s)k(s)nuibin- ---kunR(u)k(l)ius-- …iu
(not yet been deciphered by scholars)
* : kisli : karþi : iftiR : kunar : bruþur [:] kubl : þisi
"Gisli made for his brother Gunnar
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