Description

Photograph of a Viking inscription in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. The Norse personal name -alftan (Halvdan) can be read here, but the rest of the runes are illegible. It is likely that they originally spelled out the Norse equivalent of 'Halvdan woz ere': Halvdan carved these runes. This is one of two known runic inscriptions in the Hagia Sophia, although a further five have possibly been found.