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Runic inscription

U 297

Period
Viking Age
Location
Skånela kyrka

Inscription

ᛁᚢᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᚤᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ

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

Old Norse

Jóbjôrn reisti steina eptir Sigbjôrn/Seybjôrn, fôður sinn.

English

Jóbjôrn raised the stones in memory of Sigbjôrn/Seybjôrn, his father.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Skånela sn
District
Seminghundra hd
Municipality
Sigtuna
Placement
Nu 18 m N om kyrkans ingång.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Samma som gjort U Fv1953;270 och U Fv1979;245.
Style group
Pr4
Other identifiers
B 48, B 1133; L 482
Reference
Lagman 1990:80f; Fv 1953:270f, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1950talet/1953_262.pdf
Notes
Parsten med U Fv1979;245.

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