U 173

Also known as: L 638

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, sandstone
Found

Texts

Transliteration

[s]kali ' auk ' sibi ' uk ' lifstain ' litu ' raisa ' stai[n ' ift]iR ' anuit ' faþur ' sin ' in ' kilauk ' at ' bonta ' sin

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Skalli ok Sibbi ok Hlífsteinn létu reisa stein eptir Andvétt(?), fôður sinn, en Gillaug at bónda sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Skalli ok Sibbi ok Lifstæinn letu ræisa stæin æftiR Andvett(?), faður sinn, en Gillaug at bonda sinn.

Translation (English)

Skalli and Sibbi and Hlífsteinn had the stone raised in memory of Andvéttr(?), their father; and Gillaug in memory of her husbandman.

Translation (Swedish)

Skalle och Sibbe och Livsten lät resa stenen efter Andvätt, sin fader, och Gillög efter sin make.

Location

Found location
Väsby
Parish
Värmdö sn
District
Värmdö skeppslag
Municipality
Värmdö
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.343570, 18.522453

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (A)
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B3; C9-C10; D1; F3
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 5
Dating
Viking age

References

Images

  • Image of U 173 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/2f0000de-73c1-449c-8c6b-66a7522a45a5
  • Image of U 173 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/7baaac4a-f239-4abe-89c1-42ab0979d702
  • Image of U 173 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017824616
  • Image of U 173 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Udo Schröter; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runsten_Varmdo.JPG