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Runic inscription

U 216

Period
Viking Age
Location
Vallentuna kyrka

Inscription

ᛁᚢᛅᚾ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠ...᛫ᛅᚤᛋ-ᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛑᚱᚬᛋᛒᚬᛁ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

Jóhan lét reisa steina eptir Eystein, fôður sinn. Drósbúi risti.

English

Jóhan had the stones raised in memory of Eysteinn, his father. Drósbúi carved.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
sandsten

Location

Parish
Vallentuna sn
District
Vallentuna hd
Municipality
Vallentuna
Placement
SHM (8355), deponerad på apoteket i Vallentuna.

Sources

Carver
Drosboe (S)
Style group
Pr5

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