Södermanland Runic Inscription 140
Södermanland runic inscription 140 (Sö 140) is a Viking Age runestone inscribed in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It and Sö 139 stand close together on the south side of the road next to the brook at Korpbro, between Lid and Aspa in Ludgo parish, Nyköping Municipality, in Södermanland, but Sö 140 was found broken and has been re-erected. A cross in the centre of the stone formed by five bind runes has been variously interpreted as an invocation of Thor or as part of the inscription. Description The stone was discovered in 1899 in a field south of Sö 139; it was broken in two pieces.Wessén, Brate 1924–1936, p. 106. In 1903, it had been repaired with three iron cramps on either side and was erected some 40 paces south of the other runestone, but nowadays, it stands 3.5 m WSW of the other stone. The stone is 2.03 m tall, of which 1.67 m are above ground, and it is 75 cm wide. The style of the runestone is a categorized as Fp. The runic inscriptio ...
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