U 18

Also known as: B 278, L 359

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

Location

Found location
Stavsund
Parish
Ekerö sn
District
Färentuna hd
Municipality
Ekerö

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B4; D1; E7; F3
Rune type
Style
Fp?

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.288546, 17.670053

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"<-a-ur> ok "... reistu stein þenna eptir "<-au-altar>, mág sinn góðan í "Vík/"Víkbý.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"<-a-ur> ok "... ræistu stæin þenna æftiR "<-au-altar>, mag sinn goðan i "Vik/"Vikby.

Transliteration

-a-ur · [au]k : ul... · ristu : tin [:] (þ)ina · [efti(R) · -au-altar · mak ·] sin · k[uþa]n · [i · uiki :]

Translation (English)

... and ... raised this stone in memory of ... their good kinsman-by-marriage in Vík/Víkbýr.

Translation (Swedish)

... och … reste denna sten efter ..., sin gode frände i Vik.

References

Images

  • Image of U 18 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/e6b6d515-acfd-4ced-9d4f-d14060becee4