Runestone DR 66
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| Name: | Mask Stone |
| Rundata ID: | DR 66 |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Region: | Jutland |
| City/Village: | Århus |
| Produced: | c. 1000 |
| Runemaster: | unknown |
| Text - Native: | |
| Old Norse : A Gunnulfr ok Eygautr/Auðgautr ok Áslakr ok Hrólfr reistu stein þenna eptir Fúl, félaga sinn, er varð ... dauðr, þá konungar bôrðusk. | |
| Text - English: | |
| Gunnulf and Eygautr/Auðgautr and Áslak and Hrólf raised this stone after Fúl, their companion, who died, when kings fought. | |
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| Rune stones - Runic alphabet | |
The Runestone DR 66 or the Mask stone is a runestone hewn in granite from Århus in Denmark and located at the Moesgård Museum in Århus.
It is famous for the Århus mask and its mention of a battle between kings. There is no evidence to establish what battle between kings the runestone refers to, the Battle of Svolder and the Battle of Helgeån have been proposed as candidates.
Transscription of the runes:
- kunulfR auk augutr auk aslakR auk rulfR risþu
- stin þansi eftiR ful fela(k)a sin iaR uarþ ( ) ...y-- tuþr
- þo kunukaR barþusk
Transliteration:
- A Gunnulfr ok Eygautr/Auðgautr ok Áslakr ok Hrólfr reistu
- stein þenna eptir Fúl, félaga sinn, er varð ... dauðr,
- þá konungar bôrðusk
Translation:
- Gunnulf and Eygautr/Auðgautr and Áslak and Hrólf raised
- this stone after Fúl, their companion, who died,
- when kings fought
[edit] References
- Danish runestone article [1]
- Records and Representations of Baltic Traffic in the Viking Age and the Early Middle Ages in Early Nordic Sources by Kristel Zilmer
