Dynna stone

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Text - Native
Dynna stone

Name	Dynna Stone
Rundata ID	N 68
Country	Norway
Region	Gran
City/Village	Currently Oslo, originally Gran
Produced	11th century
Runemaster	Unknown
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 in Hadeland
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The Dynna Stone is a runestone from the late Viking period. It is a roughly 3 meter tall, triangular slab of pinkish-red sandstone with runic inscriptions running down one of its edges, and with carved images on the front. The stone was erected ca. AD 1040 - 1050, and its imagery is considered among the first Christian pictorial art in Norway. 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 a nativity scene, including the infant Jesus, the Star of Bethlehem and the three wise men on horseback. It is inscribed using the Younger 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 the Historical Museum in Oslo in 1879. Until then it had been used as a salt 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 at Hadeland Folkemuseum in Gran.