U 1079 $

Also known as: B 461, L 158

Lost?
No
Object
fragment of runestone
Material
stone, dark granite
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Forkarby
Parish
Bälinge sn
District
Bälinge hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Current location
One part in Sundbro, four in Forkarby.
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Gudfast (A), uncertain attribution by Brate.
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4 - Pr 5

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.927937, 17.558224

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Fasti lét rétta stein eptir "Fastvéu, konu sína.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Fasti let retta stæin æftiR "Fastviu, kunu sina.

Transliteration

[fas](t)i · lit · h(r)[ita · stan eftiR ·] (f)astuiu · kun[u si]nh

Translation (English)

Fasti had the stone erected in memory of Fastvé, his wife.

Translation (Swedish)

Faste lät uppresa stenen efter Fastvi, sin hustru.

Additional information

Prydd med en repstav nedtill.

References

Images

  • Image of U 1079 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/34802fde-6ab5-4658-9215-89fc2f7f1f01
  • Image of U 1079 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/49beba0e-4337-486b-b7a3-dea537956e61