Vang stone
| Vang stone | |
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| Rundata ID | N 84 |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Oppland |
| City/Village | Vang |
| Produced | eleventh century |
| Runemaster | Gása |
Text – Native | |
| Old Norse : Gása synir reistu stein þenna eptir Gunnar, bróðurson. | |
| Text – English | |
| Gasi's sons raised this stone in memory of Gunnarr, (their) nephew. | |
| Other resources | |
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Vang stone (Vangsteinen) listed as N 84 in Rundata, is a runestone from the early eleventh century located in Vang, in Valdres, Oppland, Norway.[1]
Description
The Vang stone was originally located outside a stave church at Vang. Vang stave church was dismantled and moved to Krummhübel, Germany, in 1844, and the stone moved to its current location, outside the Vang church (Vang kirke (Valdres)). The stone was erected around 1000, during the transitional period from pagan to Christian belief. [2][3]
The stone is made of an irregular slab of slate. It is 2.15m tall, up to 1.25m wide and 8–13 cm thick. The artwork on the front of the stone is in Ringerike style, and depicts ribbons, leaves and a stylized animal, allegedly a lion.[4] Although thought to be a part of a stone portal, this idea is generally not supported. In contrast to other Viking Era runestones. The runic text is not integrated with the artwork to make a unified composition, but is carved along the edge of the stone.[4]
Inscription
A transliteration of the runic inscription into Latin characters is:
- kosa : sunir : ristu : s(t)in : þinsi : af(t)ir : kunar : bruþur:sun[5]
References
- ↑ Vangsteinen (Olavsrosa)
- ↑ Vangsteinen (Veroldin)
- ↑ Vang kirke (Valdres) (norske-kirkebygg)
- 1 2 Spurkland, Terje (2005). Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions. van der Hoek, Betsy (trans.). Boydell Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 1-84383-186-4.
- ↑ Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata.
Coordinates: 61°07′32″N 8°34′29″E / 61.12556°N 8.57472°E