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raised stone with a runic inscription
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runestone

Summary

runestone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • runestone is made of stone[2].
  • runestone is a type of runic inscription[3].
  • runestone is a type of raised stone[4].
  • runestone is a type of memorial[5].
  • runestone is a type of artificial geographic entity[6].
  • runestone's writing system is recorded as runic script[7].
  • runestone's Commons category is recorded as Runestones[8].
  • runestone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Runestones[9].
  • runestone's Commons gallery is recorded as Runestone[10].
  • runestone's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=rune_stone[11].
  • runestone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Runestone[12].
  • runestone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox runestone[13].
  • runestone's has characteristic is recorded as runic inscription[14].
  • runestone's different from is recorded as picture stone[15].
  • runestone's different from is recorded as rune stone[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include runic inscription[3], raised stone[4], memorial[5], and artificial geographic entity[6].

Why It Matters

runestone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[1] runestone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] runestone is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). runestone. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/runestone
MLA “runestone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/runestone.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_runestone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{runestone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/runestone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 19h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing system → runic script
    Has characteristic → runic inscription
    Subclass of → runic inscription, raised stone, memorial +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Runestones
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14588, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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