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l''i'_r. '-'!'"). Runic stone, earlier ruues. Length, 7 feet "1 inches; width, 2 feet 

 4 inches. P>erga, Siiilermanland, Sweden. 1 



1 Professor Stephens in ' Handbook of Old Northern Runic Monuments,' says: 

 'The only Northern stone known to me which bears two words, cut far apart and 

 running in di Mi- rent directions. I would therefore suggest that the one name is 

 curved later than the other. Perhaps the husband or wife died first, and short! v 

 .liter the partner was called away; thus they mo>t likely lay in the same grave, 

 and were reinc'inhercd on the same block." 



