Ruthwell, cross
Siglum | OE-GB-69 |
Findspot | Ruthwell (Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway, Northumbria, GB) |
Transliteration |
[…]uœþo[‖
[…]dægisgæ(f)[.]|m[.]r[.]am[..]erdominnæ‖ […]gere|dæ|hi|næ|Go|da|lm|eʜtti|g:þ|ah|ew|al|de|on|Ga|lG|ug|ist|iGa|(mod)|igf|[…]|[…]men[…]‖ […]|icr|iicn|æᴋy|niŋ|che^a|fun|æsh|(l)af|ard|(h)æl|da(ic)|(n)ido|rstæ|[.](i)sm|æræ[.]|uuŋ|ᴋet|(m)en|baæt|(G)ad[…]c|[…]|[.]iþb|(l)odæ|(b)ist|(e)mi|[.](b)i|[…]‖ [.]kris[.](wæ)son|ro|di|hw|eþ|ræ|þe|rf|us(æ)|fe^ar|ran|kwo|mu(æ)|þþil|ætil|anu|mic|þæta|lbi[.]|s(a)[.]|icw[.]|sm(i)[.]|s(o)[.]|Gu[.]|gi(d)|rœ[..]|dh[.]|a(G)[.]‖ [.]i|þs|[.]re|[.]u|mg|iw|un|dad|ale|gdu|nhiæ|(h)inæ|limw|œrig|nægi|sto|ddu|[.](hi)m|[...]|[...]|[.](c)æs|[...]f|[...](m)|[...]e^a|[.](d)u|[.][.]i|[.](þ)e|[...] |
Translation | ...creation... '...He disrobed himself Almighty God as he was about to mount the gallows courageous [before] […] men.' 'I […] a mighty king, the Lord of Heaven. I dared not bend down. Men mocked the two of us both together. I [was] stained with blood (…)'. '[.] Christ was on the cross. Yet there came from afar noble ones hastily together. I beheld it all. I was bitterly distressed with sorrows, bowed down… '. 'Wounded with arrows. They laid him down, the one weary of limb. They stood at the body's head. There they beheld…'. |
A XIV
A XLIII
C I
C IV
C V
C XXI
C XXII
C XXIII
Class of object | stone |
Type of object | runic cross |
Object | cross |
Measurements | 549; 50; 34 |
Find year | 1600 |
Class of material | stone |
Material | sandstone |
Material specifics | grey-red |
Preservation | impaired; fragmented |
Completeness | yes |
External dating | 700 - 800 |
Method of dating | iconograph. |
Iconographic elements | yes |
Dating (ICO style) | - |
Context | settlement |
Rune row | fuþorc |
Category | run. |
Preservation | impaired; fragmented |
Completeness | no |
Place of storage
in situ
: Parish Church of Ruthwell (Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland
Findno.: 663