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This runestone (in Swedish known as Rökstenen, the Rök stone) has the longest preserved runic inscription in the world - and dating to the early 9th century. The date also means that it is about 200 years older than most runstones you will come across in Sweden. The paint-work is obviously restored in more modern times.
The text is written with the runic alphabet known as the futhark, which can be read. But much has happened to the language spoken here since the time it was written (they didn't speak what we would call Swedish then, but Old Norse), which means it can be quite hard to understand all the same. Not to mention the text seems to have been meant to be cryptic to begin with. So I won't get into what the stone actually says. But I can say the stone was erected by Varin in memory of his dead son Vämod.
For anyone more interested in the text I can actually recommend Wikipedia for it - where you can find it translated to for example English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, though I am less sure how much they get into how much the actual meaning of the text is debated.
Today you can find the stone next to the cemetery wall in Rök. It is not its original place (it even spent a few centuries in a wall), but the original placing was probably rather quite close by.
Explore # 411 on Sunday, 24 Jaunary 2009 - the 278th
Taken at the grounds of Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea.
In the background is Dobongsan Mountain and National Park adjacent to Seoul, ROK.
Nikon F801S with Portra 400
December 14, 2012
South Korea Warship ROKS Daejeon (FFG-823) entering Esquimalt Harbour. CCGS Tanu is seen in the background.
During a stop on the way to the Danes.
Rök church, province of Östergötland.
Beside the church lies the Rök runestone. Quite famous. But, of course, I found the stone very boring. Too much information.
(Dutch: Smoking is lethal) At a friends at harvest time. 80 grams of dried cannabis of the Somaui strain. 80 grams = 2.83 oz for you inferiors in the colonies :D
Noworoczne fajerwerki, ul. Porębskiego, Gdańsk, 1 stycznia 2009 r.
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New Year's fireworks, Porębskiego str., Gdańsk, January 1, 2009