- Aug 2011
- 1,626
- Sweden
Lo and behold. A new 1600 year old rune stone has been discovered at Øverby near Rakkestad in SE Norway. The stone was transported from a nearby grave field in 1905 and incorporated into at staircase in a house, without anyone noticing the runes at the time. In 1990 the house was rebuild and the stone was placed outside in the garden. After that the owner of the house wondered if the marks on the stone was runes, a question which now has been verified. There seems to be runes on both sides of the stone, but only one side has been investigated. The text reads:
Lu irilaR raskaR runoR . The word irilaR reminds of the word erilaR which has been found found in some other rune texts in western Scandinavia. It may lead to the germanic tribe heruli, which by some - including me - points to Norway as their origin area. Here is the Norwegian article:
Fant 1600 år gammel runestein i Rakkestad - Østfold fylkeskommune
Lu irilaR raskaR runoR . The word irilaR reminds of the word erilaR which has been found found in some other rune texts in western Scandinavia. It may lead to the germanic tribe heruli, which by some - including me - points to Norway as their origin area. Here is the Norwegian article:
Fant 1600 år gammel runestein i Rakkestad - Østfold fylkeskommune