U 159

Also known as: L 656

Lost?
No
Object
runsten
Material
stone
Dating
V
Found

Location

Found location
Löttinge
Parish
Täby sn
District
Danderyds skeppslag
Municipality
Täby
Current location
SHM (22757)

Classification

Carver
Visäte (A) [Källström 1999:113]
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
?

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.473403, 18.101551

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Gísmundr ok "Hemingr létu reisa stein eptir fôður sinn "Halfdan.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Gismundr ok "HæmingR letu ræisa stæin æftiR faður sinn "Halfdan.

Transliteration

[× kismuntr · uk · himikr · litu ris]a · [stain] aftiR × faþur s[in × hlftan]

Translation (English)

Gísmundr and Hemingr had the stone raised in memory of their father Halfdan.

Translation (Swedish)

Gismund och Häming lät resa stenen efter sin fader Halvdan.

References

Images

  • Image of U 159 source: https://samlingar.shm.se/media/29CF55CC-6E76-4CE0-8FE4-28B3829FE014
  • Image of U 159 source: https://samlingar.shm.se/media/DE9F4E96-078B-4A8D-ACE7-F7D59830D696
  • Image of U 159 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/5782cfc1-630f-4a10-b140-298b26e5715f
  • Image of U 159 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/ea268a32-b9b3-481f-aef4-a69c7abe958b