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Runic inscription

U 374

Period
Viking Age
Location
Örby

Inscription

...᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᚬ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚬ-ᚼᚢ...᛫...ᛅᚾ᛫ᚼᚬᚾ᛫ᚠᛁᛚ᛫ᚬ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚴᛚᚬᚾᛏᚱ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁ-ᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛋᛅᛚ...

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

Old Norse

... létu rétta stein þenna eptir ... ... Hann fell á Grikklandi. Guð hjalpi sálu.

English

... had this stone erected in memory of ... ... He fell in Greece. May God help (his) soul.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
grå granit

Location

Parish
Skepptuna sn
District
Seminghundra hd
Municipality
Sigtuna

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Åsmund (A)
Other identifiers
B 27; L 520
Reference
ATA Dnr 2502/72
Notes
Stenen återfunnen men ristningen förstörd.

Images

U 374, Örby

U 374, Örby —en:Johan Peringskiöld; Wessen, Elias; Sven B.F. Jansson (1953-1958). Sveriges runinskrifter: IX. Upplands runinskrifter del 4. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. ISSN 0562-8016. p. 127

Source ·Public Domain Mark 1.0

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