Rök Runestone

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:alphabet gptkb:Younger_Futhark
gptkbp:created early 9th century
gptkbp:culturalSignificance important for runology
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Rök,_Sweden
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Varin
his son Vämod
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1862
gptkbp:features kennings
cipher runes
enigmatic and poetic text
references to Norse mythology
gptkbp:height 2.5 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rök Runestone
gptkbp:inscription runic inscription
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage gptkb:Old_Norse
gptkbp:length about 760 runes
gptkbp:location gptkb:Rök,_Östergötland,_Sweden
gptkbp:material granite
gptkbp:notableFor longest known runic inscription
gptkbp:studiedBy runologists
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous scholarly articles
interpretative debates
theories about climate catastrophe
theories about dynastic memory
theories about heroic poetry
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list 1995
gptkbp:weight about 4 tonnes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Runes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5