Day 7 - Norrköping

Ög 30 - Tåby

Jul 12, 2021

Tåby, Östergötland, Sweden

This runestone, Ög 30, stands next to the road north of Tåby next to another runestone, Ög 29.

Based on the dragon’s head the stone is dated to the years 1010-1050.

Ög 30 might be an Ingvar runestone, or it could be a Varangian stone.

Inscription

Drawing of the inscription of the runestone Ög 30
᛬ ᛋᛁᚴᛋᛏᚽᚾ ᛬ ᛚᚽᛏ ᛬ ᚱᛅᛋᛏᛁ ᛬ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᛬ ᚦᚽᚾ᛫᛫᛫ ᛬ ᚽᚨᚠᛏᛁᛦ ᛬ ᛁᚴᚢᛅᚱ ᛬ ᛋᚢᚾ ᛬ ᛋᛁᚾ ᛬ ᚼᛅᚾ ᛬ ᚢᛅᚱᚦ ᛬ ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ ᛬ ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ ᛬

Latin transliteration

: siksten : let : rasti : stain : þe(n)… : eftiʀ : ikuar : sun : sin : han : uarþ : austr : tauþr :

Old norse transcription

Sigsteinn lét reisa stein þenn[a] eptir Ingvar, son sinn. Hann varð austr dauðr.

Translation

“Sixten had this stone raised in memory of Ingvar, his son. He died in the east.”

Location

Map showing where the runestone Ög 30 is

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