U 1160

Also known as: B 661, L 787

Lost?
No
Object
runsten
Material
stone, granit
Dating
V
Found

Location

Found location
Ändersta
Parish
Simtuna sn
District
Simtuna hd
Municipality
Enköping
Current location
I Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.
Original site
nej

Classification

Carver
Livsten (A)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.775516, 16.944290

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Liðsmaðr lét hôggva stein eptir "Ígulbjôrn(?), fôður.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Liðsmaðr let haggva stæin æftiR "Igulbiorn(?), faður.

Transliteration

liþsmoþr + lit + akua + sten + Rfti + iylburn + faþ

Translation (English)

Liðsmaðr had the stone cut in memory of Ígulbjôrn(?), (his) father.

Translation (Swedish)

Lidsman lät hugga stenen efter Igulbjörn(?), (sin) fader.

Additional information

Förd till Oxford 1687. På smalsidan finns en bild av ett djur omflätat av slingor. Stille (1999b:76) tolkar iylburn som "Hialmbiorn"

References

Images

  • Image of U 1160 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/04dfc489-28e3-44f4-9292-69d69fe4a828
  • Image of U 1160 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/265fbf33-ac72-4eeb-a131-3a02bd27b950