The Krogsta Runestone is a runestone designated as U 1125 in the Rundata catalog. The stone is located in Krogsta near Tuna , in Uppsala Municipality, Sweden, in the historic province of Uppland. It was first described by Johannes Bureus in 1594.
Krogsta Runestone | |
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Writing | Elder Futhark |
Created | 6th–8th century |
Discovered | 1594 AD Krogsta, Uppland, Sweden |
Discovered by | Johannes Bureus |
Present location | Krogsta near Tuna, Uppsala County, Sweden |
Rundata ID | U 1125 |
Runemaster | Unknown |
Text – Native | |
mwsïeij / sïainaz | |
Translation | |
[...] / stone |
The runestone is granite, 170 centimetres (5 ft 7 in) tall,[1] and dated to 549–725.[2] Four fragments presumed to be associated with the stone surround it.[3] It is located in a former cemetery and was described by Johannes Bureus in 1594 and by Johannes Haquini Rhezelius in his Monumenta Uplandica in the mid-17th century.[4]
Alongside a drawing of a man with outstretched hands, it bears an Elder Futhark inscription, reading ᛗᚹᛊᛇᛖᛁᛃ mwsïeij (uninterpretable). On the right face is an additional ᛊᛇᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ sïainaz, probably for Proto-Norse stainaz "stone". The inscription has been interpreted as a "spelling lesson", distinguishing vocalic and consonantal forms for the semi-vowels j and w, and as magical.[1]
The drawing has been described as "naively formed";[1] the man's gesture of upraised arms with fingers outspread has been interpreted as indicating prayer[1][3] and as warding off danger, and related to figures on bronze horse mounts from the cemetery at Marchélepot and runestone U Fv1946;258 at Fällbro in Täby Municipality, which is dated to c. 1000.[4]
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