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Runic inscription

U 501

Period
Viking Age
Location
Närtuna kyrka

Inscription

ᛋᛒᛁᛅᛚᛒᚢᚦᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚠᛅᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚴᛂᛁᚱ-.../ᚴᛂᛁᚱ-᛫...᛫...ᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ

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

Old Norse

Spjallboði ok Ulfr ok Holmfastr ok Geir.../Geiri ... fôður(?)/bróður(?) sinn, ok son Bjarnar.

English

Spjallboði and Ulfr and Holmfastr and Geir-... ... their father(?)/brother(?) and Bjôrn's son.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Närtuna sn
District
Långhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje
Placement
Inmurad på yttersidan av norra gaveln till sakristian.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Öpir 1 (A)
Style group
Pr5
Other identifiers
B 217; L 585
Reference
Åhlén 1997:184; Salberger 1977, Fältex. C
Notes
Samma familj som på U 363 enligt Salberger 1977.

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