Rök Stone: Longest Runic Inscription Ever Discovered

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Rök Stone (in Swedish, Rökstenen‘) is the 9th-century memorial granite block covered with the longest runic inscription ever discovered. The 4-ton stone is located between two small villages (Väderstad och Ödeshög) in Östergötland County, Sweden.

The text is full of obscure, difficult to understand, allusions. This enigmatic and fascinating inscription have attracted many researchers who created fanciful interpretations. Photo: Bengt A. Lundberg/KMB

Rök Stone is not only a monumental memorial but also an ancient literary work of great significance. As many as 725 runes of a Swedish-Norwegian runic alphabet of 16 characters bear readable (sometimes difficult to interpret ) text containing verses of epic nature, allusions to heroic myths, hero songs, legends, and secret formulas, probably a curse.

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