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Runic inscription

U 459

Period
Viking Age
Location
Skråmsta

Inscription

ᛋᛅᚴᛋᛁ᛫ᛚᛂᛏ᛫ᚴᛂᚱᛅ᛫ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁ᛫ᚦᛂᛋᛅ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚦᚬᚱᚵᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ

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

Old Norse

Saxi lét gera merki þessi eptir Eist, fôður sinn, ok Þorgunnr eptir son sinn.

English

Saxi had these landmarks made in memory of Eistr, his father; and Þorgunnr in memory of her son.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Haga sn
District
Ärlinghundra hd
Municipality
Sigtuna

Sources

Carver
Arbjörn (A)
Style group
Pr2
Other identifiers
B 328; L 17
Notes
U 457-U 459 härrör från samma ätt. Täktplatsen för runstenen är alldeles intill där stenen står rest.

Images

U459 Skråmsta

U459 Skråmsta —Erik Brate; https://www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/4165943598/ This image was originally posted to Flickr by Swedish National Heritage Board at https://www.flickr.com/photos/34419668@N08/4165943598 . It was reviewed on 21:15, 27 August 2010 (UTC) by FlickreviewR , who found it to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions, which is compatible with the Commons. It is, however, not the same license as given above, and it is unknown whether that license ever was valid.

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