Sparlösastenen

The Sparlösa stone is one of many, many rune stones that was used as building material in medieval churches. It was broken in two pieces, and covered with the same roughcast as the rest of the church. An old woman remembered that she had seen a stone with pictures on it when she was a child - that was during one of the restorations of the church I guess. It was thanks to her that they found the rune stone, and they were quite amazed when they removed the stone from the wall after many years, that there were carvings on all four sides of it. It's a pity that much of the text is destroyed....

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Sparlösa
§A Eivísl, Eiríkr's son gave, Alríkr gave ... §B ... gave ... as payment. Then(?) the father sat(?) (in) Uppsala(?), the father that ... ... nights and days. Alríkr <lu--r> feared(?) not Eivísl. §C ... that Eiríkr's boy is called Sigmarr/celebrated-for-victories. Mighty battle(?) ... in memory of Eivísl. And interpret the runes of divine origin there ... , that Alríkr <lubu> coloured. §D ... ... ... §E Gísli made this monument in memory of Gunnarr, (his) brother.

This rune stone dates from around 800 A.D. I like the pictures on this stone ! This is where I got my "home"-logotype from.... The runes that are filled in with black colour are about 200 years younger.

The Sparlösa stone is one of many, many rune stones that was used as building material in medieval churches. It was broken in two pieces, and covered with the same roughcast as the rest of the church. An old woman remembered that she had seen a stone with pictures on it when she was a child - that was during one of the restorations of the church I guess. It was thanks to her that they found the rune stone, and they were quite amazed when they removed the stone from the wall after many years, that there were carvings on all four sides of it. It's a pity that much of the text is destroyed....