U 216

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, sandstone
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Vallentuna kyrka
Parish
Vallentuna sn
District
Vallentuna hd
Municipality
Vallentuna
Current location
SHM (8355), on deposit at the pharmacy in Vallentuna.

Classification

Carver
Drosboe (S)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 5

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.531355, 18.073953

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Jóhan lét reisa steina ep[tir] "Eys[t]ein, fôður sinn. "Drósbúi risti.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Ioan let ræisa stæina æf[tiR] "Øys[t]æin, faður sinn. "Drosboi risti.

Transliteration

iuan ÷ lit ÷ raisa ' staina + ef... ' ay(s)-(a)in + faþur ' sin ÷ drosboi ÷ risti

Translation (English)

Jóhan had the stones raised in memory of Eysteinn, his father. Drósbúi carved.

Translation (Swedish)

Johan lät resa stenarna efter Östen, sin fader. Drosboe ristade.

References

Images

  • Image of U 216 source: https://samlingar.shm.se/media/095C8151-433C-4897-A0AE-37084768CEB2
  • Image of U 216 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/dad09019-51dd-48cf-95aa-c25b41e96d6a
  • Image of U 216 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/feb5bad3-3044-4592-9fcc-61dab7f0fb75