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Runic inscription

U 6

Period
Viking Age
Location
Björkö

Inscription

ᚦᚬᚱᛋᛏ...᛫...᛫...ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋ...᛫...᛫-ᛋᛏᚱ--᛫...-...᛫...ᚢᚴ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫...ᛏᚢᚾᛒᛅ...᛫...᛫ᛅ...᛫...ᛦ...᛫...ᛅᛁᚾ᛫...

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

Old Norse

Þorsteinn ok ...steinn reistu ... Ástrið(?) ... ok eptir ... ... ... ... Eysteinn(?) ...

English

Þorsteinn (and) ...-steinn raised ... (in memory of) Ástriðr(?) ... and in memory of ... ... ... ... Eysteinn(?) ...

Object

Object type
10 fragment av runsten
Material category
sten
Material
sandsten

Location

Parish
Adelsö sn
District
Färentuna hd
Municipality
Ekerö
Placement
SHM (5208, 30573, 30574)

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Östen 1 (A)
Style group
Pr3?
Other identifiers
U 7, U 8, U Fv1993;230
Reference
Material på Runverket, Raä; ATA Dnr 322-04083-2012; U 7, U 8, U Fv1993;230, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1990talet/1993_223.pdf
Notes
Ett fragment upptäcktes 1992, låg som grundsten till en riven ladugård vid Oppgården. Ytterligare ett fragment påträffades 1993 och ännu ett 2012. Fragmenten pusslades ihop 2013.

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