N A153

Lost?
No
Object
runic stick
Material
wood, wood
Found

Texts

Transliteration

... ...po tnþt opera rotas

Normalisation (Old Norse)

[sator are]po tenet opera rotas

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

[sator are]po tenet opera rotas

Translation (English)

Sator, Arepo, Tenet, Opera, Rotas (= from the 'Devil's Square' palindrome).

Location

Found location
Folkebibliotekstomta, Trondheim
Current location
Vitenskapsmuseet, NTNU (N-26747)
Parish
Trondheim
District
Sør-Trøndelag fylke
Municipality
Trondheim
Oldest known latitude and longitude
63.430500, 10.401000

Classification

Carver
—
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
—
Style
—
Dating
Middle ages 1150–1225

Additional information

palindrom, sator-inskrift

References

Images

  • Image of N A153 Image of the rune-stick. Photo: Trond Sverre Kristiansen, Vitenskapsmuseet, NTNU. CC-BY-SA 4.0 source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/Futhark/N_A153_FOLKEBIBLIOTEKSTOMTA.jpg
  • Image of N A153 Image shown in the inscription section (no separate image caption provided). source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/runer.ku.dk/N_A153_FOLKEBIBLIOTEKSTOMTA_Runeinnskrift.jpg