Södermanland Runic Inscription 194
Sö 194 is the Rundata designation for a runic inscription on a memorial runestone located in Brössike, which is about 12 kilometers northeast of Strängnäs, Södermanland County, Sweden, which was in the historic province of Södermanland. There are many such memorial runestones in Scandinavia. While the tradition of carving inscriptions into boulders began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, most runestones date from the late Viking Age. Description Carved into a granite boulder that is 1.4 meters in height, this unsigned inscription has been attributed to the runemaster Balle (runemaster), Balle, who was active during the last half of the eleventh century. The text of the inscription lies within a serpent band, a Motif (visual arts), motif common on many memorial runestones. At the bottom of the inscription, there is a binding around the head and tail of the serpent as if to keep the serpent bound to the surface of the stone. The runestone is classified as bei ...
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