Runic stone (reproduction), 3 sided with inscription between horizontal lines on one side; one with figure of Christ; one with large animal with snake coiled around its body; repaired in museum, Elmer's glue 1968. 18 cm height. The Jelling stone was erected ca. 960 AD in Jelling, Denmark by King Harald Bluetooth over his parents' grave; Inscription reads "King Harald had this monument made in memory of his father, Gorm, and his mother, Thyri. Harald who won all Denmark and Norway and mad the Danes Christians. See Johannes Brondsted, The Vikings, Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1965.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Jelling, Denmark
Culture or time period:
Vikings (ca. 790-1100 AD)
Person depicted:
Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity)
Object type:
archaeology
Production date:
960 AD
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)