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Thorith's Cross (No. 141)



Kirk Onchan Cross No. 141Kirk Onchan Cross No. 141

Thorith's Cross (No. 141)


The first image is not the real cross, but a photograph of the back side. It shows a simple cross and ring design with several short inscriptions reading: Kru(s) meaning cross, isukrist meaning Jesus Christ, thurith raist meaning Thorith carves (the) runes. The other side of this broken slab also has a cross and ring design with short inscriptions reading: ... asunr raisti ift (k)u(i)nusina Murkiau m ... meaning ... son erected (this cross) to the memory of his wife Muirkialu m ..., and ukikat aukrathikr()t meaning I examined (the ruins) and I interpreted correctly, and alaens.


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