Vg 40

Also known as: B 989, L 1365

Lost?
No
Object
runsten
Material
stone, granit
Dating
V
Found

Location

Found location
Råda kyrka
Parish
Råda sn
District
Kållands hd
Municipality
Lidköping

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Rak?

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
58.496238, 13.092080

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Þorkell setti stein þenna eptir "Gunna, son sinn. Er varð dauðr í orrostu, er barðust konungar.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Þorkell satti stæin þannsi æftiR "Gunna, sun sinn. ER varð dauðr i orrustu, eR barðus kunungaR.

Transliteration

+ þurkil ÷ sati + stin + þasi + itiR + kuna + sun · sin + iR · uarþ + tuþr + i uristu + iR · bþiþus + kunukaR ×

Translation (English)

Þorkell placed this stone in memory of Gunni, his son, who died in battle when kings fought each other.

Translation (Swedish)

Torkel satte denna sten efter sin son Gunne. Han stupade i striden, då kungarna kämpade.

References

Images

  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/0942db96-d514-4b9e-ac20-b775698c17c8
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/2e1db248-3f47-4af1-a3a0-ac53f9486a3c
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/2fda7956-9d28-4c98-ae97-fa0236f62d6d
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/3680aec8-5313-40e1-a7f7-021a1d8b4609
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/50e7a933-6047-404a-b1c8-86eb88019bc7
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/71cdb98f-35b6-42a0-8b61-9839fef0a0a7
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/b931c8fa-8570-45e4-9097-cab909df8873
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/ccdaafd2-aa12-45a9-a728-1b0aaac06394
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/eaed8b7f-bede-4b3c-8971-9ba39111fa94
  • Image of Vg 40 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017207661