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Runic inscription

U 1060

Period
Viking Age
Location
Tibble

Inscription

ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚴᛅᛁᚱ᛫...᛫ᚴᛅᚱᛚ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚼᛅᚴᚢᛅ᛫᛫ᛅᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ

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Old Norse

Holmgeirr ok Karl létu hôggva at Eist, fôður sinn.

English

Holmgeirr and Karl had (the stone) cut in memory of Eistr, their father.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Björklinge sn
District
Norunda hd
Municipality
Uppsala

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Samma som gjort U 1048 och 1050.
Style group
Pr4?
Reference
ATA Dnr 5632/73
Notes
Funnen 1937. Skadad 1973, flyttades då till 20 m N dess ursprungliga plats.

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Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm