Or 18

Also known as: Br Or18

Found
Skaill Home Farm
Current
Kirkwall, Orkney Museum (1997.125)
Dating
V
Material
stone, sandsten
Found

Location

Found location
Skaill Home Farm
Parish
Sandwick
District
Mainland, Orkney
Current location
Kirkwall, Orkney Museum (1997.125)
Original coordinates
59.042148, -3.343633

Classification

Dating
V
Year range
725 – 1100
Material type
stone
Material
sandsten
Object
runsten

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

§A "Þorfinnr r[eisti](?) [stein](?) [þe]n[na](?) [eptir](?) ... §B ...

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

§A "Þorfinnr r[eisti](?) [stein](?) [þe]n[na](?) [eptir](?) ... §B ...

Transliteration

§A þurfinr : r---- ----- : --n- : --... ... §B ...

Translation (English)

§A Þorfinnr raised(?) the stone(?) in memory of(?) ... §B ...

Translation (Swedish)

§A Þorfinnr raised(?) the stone(?) in memory of(?) ... §B ...

Additional information

16-18 runor även på baksidan. Tidigare signum: Br Or18.

References

  • NOR 1997:21, http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-44956; Barnes & Page 2006
  • Riksarkivet