- Dynna stone
Runefacts|name=Dynna Stone
rundataid=N 68
country=Norway
region=Gran
city=CurrentlyOslo , originally Gran
produced=11th century
artist=Unknown
text_native=Gunnvôr gerði brú, Þrýðríks dóttir, eptir Ástríði, dóttur sína. Sú var mær hônnurst á Haðalandi
text_english=Gunnvor, Thrydrikr's daughter, made the bridge in memory of her daughter Astridr. She was the handiest maiden inHadeland
picture=The Dynna Stone is a
runestone from the lateViking period. It is a roughly 3 meter tall, triangular slab of pinkish-redsandstone with runic inscriptions running down one of its edges, and with carved images on the front. The stone was erected ca. AD1040 -1050 , and its imagery is considered among the first Christian pictorial art inNorway . The Dynna stone shows that Hadeland was closely connected to countries abroad most probably Scotland as stones similar to this one are found in Scotland (Hadeland Bygdebok 1 page 84-85)The rather crude images on the front of the stone slab depict anativity scene , including theinfant Jesus , theStar of Bethlehem and thethree wise men on horseback. It is inscribed using theYounger Futhark .In one of the twin churches at Gran (Nicolai church) a stone similar to the Dynna stone was found in the wall above the door between the top of the door and ceiling. It was seen in 1823 and last in 1828. (Hadeland Bygdebok 1 page 191-192)The Dynna stone was acquired by theHistorical Museum in Oslo in1879 . Until then it had been used as asalt lick for cattle at Dynna farm near Gran. The stone is still part of the museum’s permanent medieval exhibition. A copy of the stone can be found atop a Viking Age grave mound atHadeland Folkemuseum in Gran.References
* "Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer", bind I, p. 192Hadeland Bygdebok bind 1 p.84,85,191,192
External links
* [http://www.khm.uio.no/samlinger/runearkiv/rune_gb2.shtml Historical Museum, Oslo] (In Norwegian)
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