U 1070

Also known as: B 491, L 166

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, red granite
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Kroksta
Parish
Åkerby sn
District
Bälinge hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Original site
Yes

Classification

Carver
Gudfast (A), uncertain attribution by Brate.
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C8-C9; D4; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.935422, 17.467558

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"<tatr> ok "Gamall létu rétta stein eptir "Þórð, fôður sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"<tatr> ok "Gamall letu retta stæin æftiR "Þorð, faður sinn.

Transliteration

tatr ' auk ' kamal ' litu ' rita ' sti[n ' ifti]R ' þorþ ' faþur sin

Translation (English)

<tatr> and Gamall had the stone erected in memory of Þórðr, their father.

Translation (Swedish)

<tatr> och Gammal lät uppresa stenen efter Tord, sin fader.

References

Images

  • Image of U 1070 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/2d48c47f-32eb-40ea-8f61-2a450afd26dd
  • Image of U 1070 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/687862f4-142f-4084-ae08-f4c8e0983f83