Kingigtorssuaq Runestone
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| Name | Kingigtorssuaq Runestone |
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| Rundata ID | GR 1 M |
| Country | Greenland |
| Region | West Greenland |
| City/Village | Nuuk |
| Produced | Middle Ages |
| Runemaster | 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 | |
| Other resources | |
| Runestones - Runic alphabet - Runology - Runestone styles | |
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 ) 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 (), a thousand kilometers south from the site of the runestone.
