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Title
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Piraeus Lion Runic Inscription
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Description
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Runic Inscription on the Piraeus Lion from Piraeus (Greece)
Rune text transliteration:
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A ... : (h)(i)(a)(k)(u) þ(i)(r) (h)(i)lfniks (m)i(n) -----... ¶ ... (e)(n) i hafn þesi þir (m)(i)(n) i-ku runar at (h)a(u)-sa buta -...(h)(u)(a)-... ¶ ... --þ^u s^uiar þ(e)ta| |a l^einu ¶ ... f...- aþr gailt^ ^uan kear(u)-
§ B tr(i)ki(r) ÷ ris(t) r(u)(n)(i)(r) ...
§ C (:) a(s)(m)un(t)r × ri(s)(t)(i) (×) ... ...(n)(a)r þisar × þair × is(k)-... ... (þ)(u)(r)l(i)f(r) ---- auk × - (×) -...-o-...---(t)-... ¶ -ufru(k)...r...(s)--...--...uanf(a)(r)(n) ×
English translation:
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A ... they cut(?), the troops men ... but in this harbour the men cut runes in memory of Haursi, a ... vigorous(?) husbandman ... Swedes arranged(?) this on the lion ... He fell(?)/perished(?) before he could gain payment.
§ B Valiant men carved the runes ...
§ C Ásmundr carved ... the runes, they Áskell(?) ... Þorleifr(?) ... and ...
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Current Location
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Venetian Arsenal (Veneto, Italy)
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45.435278, 12.353056
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Language
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Old Norse [non]
