Södermanland Runic Inscription 113
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Södermanland Runic Inscription 113 (Swedish: Södermanlands runinskrifter 113; commonly abbreviated to Sö 113) is the Rundata catalogue index for a 0.9 metres (35 in) high, 0.5 metres (20 in) wide granite runestone in Kolunda, Stenkvista Parish [sv], Eskilstuna Municipality, Sweden, within the historic province of Södermanland (hence its name). It was found in 1856 on a hill believed to have once had many other graves and monuments, and is believed to have originally stood atop a burial mound before falling over and being buried. It has since been moved, and now stands next to the runestone known as Sö 112 [sv] and a partial runestone (Sö NOR1998;22 [de]) discovered in 1997. Its inscription in the Younger Futhark alphabet when translated into English reads "They placed the stone here, the sons of Þorketill and Folka, in memory of father and mother. [They] made [it] valiantly."