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Translation: "Bjǫrn, Auðulfr, Gunnarr (and) Holmdís had this stone erected in memory of Ulfr, Ginnlaug's husbandman. And Ásmundr cut."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. It's not made BCE though. It's from 11th century CE. The Wikipedia page seems inconsistent between 11th and 12th centuries, but it's certainly not three thousand years old :-) See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppland_Runic_Inscription_871 for more info.