The Ruthwell Cross

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The Panels

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Duncan, Hickes, Gordon and Kemble

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Best Reconstruction

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Front: Upper panel

Front: Right panel

Front: Left panel

Back: Upper panel

Back: Right panel

Back: Left panel

Transcription

I

[+Ond]geredæ hinæ God almehttig,
þa he walde on galgu gistiga,
[m]odig f[ore allæ] men.
[B]ug[a ic ni dorstæ ......]

II

... [Ahof] ic riicnæ Kyningc,
heafunæs Hlafard, hælda ic ni dorstæ.
Bismærædu ungket men ba ærgad[re]; ic [wæs] miþ blodæ [b]istemi[d],
bi[goten of ......]

III

[+]Krist wæs on rodi.
Hweþræ þer fusæ fearran kwomu
æþþilæ til anum. Ic þæt al bih[eald]
Sar[æ] ic wæs mi[þ] sorgum gidroe[fi]d, h[n]ag[ic ....]

IV

miþ strelum giwundad.
Alegdun hiæ hinæ limwoerignæ, gistoddun him [...] licæs [hea]f[du]m;
[bi]hea[l]du[n] hi[æ] þe[r ....]