DR 298 $

Also known as: DK Sk74

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, granite
Found Present

Texts

Transliteration

þurkiR : raþi : stin : þan... ¶ (:) at : itinkil : faur : sin : kuþn : ¶ buta : as : liki/lik i/ : hu(k)(-)(-)

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Þorgeirr reisti stein þenn[a] at Steinkel, fôður sinn, góðan bónda, er lengi/liggr í/ .../haug[i].

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

ÞorgiR resþi sten þænn[a] at Stenkel, faþur sin, goþan bonda, æs længi/liggR i/ .../haug[i].

Translation (English)

Þorgeirr raised this stone in memory of Steinkell, his father, a good husbandman, who long/lies in ... / mound.

Translation (Swedish)

Torger reste denna sten efter Stenkil, sin fader, en god bonde, som länge... /ligger i högen.

Location

Found location
Dalby, Sjöstorp
Current location
Lunds kulturhistoriska museum (35.397)
Parish
Dalby sn
District
Torna hd, Skåne
Municipality
Lund
Oldest known latitude and longitude
55.676172, 13.292882
Current latitude and longitude
55.704577, 13.196206

Classification

Carver
—
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
—
Style
Rak
Dating
Viking age, post-Jelling

References

Images

  • Image of DR 298 source: http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Dalby-sten
  • Image of DR 298 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Jorchr; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DR_298_Sj%C3%B6rupstenen.jpg