Princes Street Gardens Runestone

Coordinates: 55°56′56″N 3°11′54″W / 55.948924°N 3.19829°W / 55.948924; -3.19829

Princes Street Gardens Runestone
Rundata ID U 1173
Country Sweden
Region Uppland
City/Village Lilla Ramsjö, Vittinge
Produced 1010–1050
Runemaster Erik (A)
Text – Native
Old Norse: Ari ræisti stæin æftiR Hialm, faður sinn. Guð hialpi and hans.
Text – English
Ari raised the stone in memory of Hjalmr, his father. God help his soul.
Other resources
Runestones – Runic alphabet
Runology – Runestone styles

The Swedish Runestone in Princes Street Gardens, designated U 1173 in the Rundata catalogue, is an 11th-century[1] Swedish Viking Age runestone which was located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, below Edinburgh Castle Esplanade within a fenced enclosure adjacent to Ramsay Garden.[2]. Due to security concerns it was removed from its location in November 2017 and is being prepared to move to George Square, outside the school of Scandinavian studies.[3]

Originally from Lilla Ramsjö, Vittinge, it was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787 by Sir Alexander Seton of Preston and Ekolsund (1738 - 1814),[4] and was presented to the Princes Street Proprietors by the Society in 1821.[5] It is one of three Swedish runestones in Britain; the other two (U 104 & U 1160) are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford in England.[6][7][8]

Inscription

Transliteration into Latin characters: ' ari + rasti + stain + aftir + (h)ialm + faþur sin + kuþ + hialbi + ant hans[1]

Transcription into Old Norse: Ari ræisti stæin æftiʀ Hialm, faður sinn. Guð hialpi and hans.[1]

Translation into English: "Ari raised the stone in memory of Hjalmr, his father. May God help his spirit."[1]


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for U 1173.
  2. ↑ "Edinburgh, Princes Street Garden (Rune Inscribed Stone)". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
  3. ↑ "Edinburgh's forgotten Viking stone to get new home".
  4. ↑ "The Setons of Abercorn Descent". The Seton Family.
  5. ↑ McNaughton, Adam (1980). "Edinburgh's Runestone" (PDF). Northern Studies: 29, 31.
  6. ↑ Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for U 104.
  7. ↑ Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for U 1160.
  8. ↑ McNaughton, Adam (1980). "Edinburgh's Runestone" (PDF). Northern Studies: 29.

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