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Runic inscription

U 1163

Period
Viking Age s 1000-t
Location
Drävle

Inscription

ᚢᛁᚦᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᚴᛅᚱᛚᚢᚾᚴᚱ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᛂᚱᛁᚾᚴᛂᚱ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᚾᛅᛋᛁ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᛁ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᚱ᛫ᛂᚱᛁᛁᛒᛁᚢᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᛁ᛫ᛋᚾᛂᛚᛅᚾ

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Old Norse

Viðbjôrn ok Kôrlungr ok Eringeirr/Eringerðr ok Nasi/Nesi létu reisa stein þenna eptir Erinbjôrn, fôður sinn snjallan.

English

Viðbjôrn and Karlungr and Eringeirr/Eringerðr and Nasi/Nesi had this stone raised in memory of Erinbjôrn, their able father.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Altuna sn
District
Simtuna hd
Municipality
Enköping
Placement
Vid Göksbo.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Eventuellt samma som gjort U 1138 och 1174. (Balle (A); Livsten (A), oriktiga attributioner av Schück.)
Style group
Pr2
Other identifiers
B 660; L 790
Reference
Larsson 2002:71f
Notes
Bild av Sigurd Fafnesbane som sticker sitt svärd genom ormen, dessutom dvärgen Andvare och valkyrian Sigdriva som räcker Sigurd ett dryckeshorn.

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