Kingigtorssuaq Runestone

Kingigtorssuaq Runestone

Runefacts|name=Kingigtorssuaq Runestone
rundataid=GR 1 M
country=Greenland
region=West Greenland
city=Nuuk
produced=Middle Ages
artist=Unknown
text_native=Erlingr Sighvats sonr ok Bjarni Þórðar sonr ok Eindriði Odds sonr laugardagin fyrir gagndag hlóðu varða þe [ssa] ok ... ...
text_english=Erling Sigvatsson, Bjarne Thordarson and Enride Oddson Saturday before gangdag (April 25th) made these stone cairns
picture=|

The Kingigtorssuaq Runestone (GR 1 M) was found in 1824 in a cairn on the top of the mountain on Kingigtorssuaq Island (or Kingittorsuaq Island, near coord|72|51|N|55|29|W) north of Upernavik in Western Greenland. The stone is now located at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.

The stone has been dated to the Middle Ages. The Catholic Encyclopedia states the date as April 25 1135. William Thalbitzer dates the stone to 1314 using pentadic numerals. Others have dated the stone between 1250 and 1333.

Kingigtorssuaq Island should not be confused with the 1184 meters high Kingigtorssuaq Mountain (Hjortetakken) in Nuuk (coord|64|07|N|51|35|W), a thousand kilometers south from the site of the runestone.

References

* [http://www.arild-hauge.com/gron-greenland.htm Runic inscription from Greenland] (Text only in _no. [http://www.arild-hauge.com/gronrune.htm] )
* [http://www.kultur-upernavik.dk/eng.htm Schools in Upernavik, Greenland]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01416a.htm Pre-Columbian Discovery of America] , Catholic Encyclopedia
* [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/vikings/Greenland.html Vikings in Greenland from MNSU EMuseum]


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