U 258 $

Also known as: B 88, L 402

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

Location

Found location
Fresta kyrka
Parish
Fresta sn
District
Vallentuna hd
Municipality
Upplands Väsby
Current location
At the tower.

Classification

Carver
Gunnar (A)
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C6-C7; D3-D1(?); E7(?); F3
Rune type
—
Style
Rak

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.517944, 17.956724

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Gunnarr ok "Sassurr þeir létu reisa stein þenna eptir "Geirbjôrn, fôður sinn, son "Vittkarls/"Hvítkárs í "Sv[ôl]unesi(?). Hann drápu norrmenn á knerri "Ásbjarnar.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Gunnarr ok "Sassurr þæiR letu ræisa stæin þenna æftiR "GæiRbiorn, faður sinn, sun "Vittkarls/"Hvitkars i "Sv[al]unæsi(?). Hann drapu norrmænnr a knærri "AsbiarnaR.

Transliteration

kunar × uk × sasur × þiR × litu × risa × stin × þina × iftiR × kiRbi(a)rn × faþur × sin × sun × ui(t)kars × i × (s)u--unisi × on × trabu × nurminr × o kniri × asbiarnaR

Translation (English)

Gunnarr and Sassurr, they had this stone raised in memory of Geirbjôrn, their father, Vittkarl/Hvítkarr of Svalunes's son. Norwegians killed him on Ásbjôrn's cargo-ship.

Translation (Swedish)

Gunnar och Sassur de lät resa denna sten efter Gerbjörn, sin fader, son till Vittkarl/Vitkår i Svalnäs(?). Honom dräpte norrmän på Åsbjörns skepp.

References

Images

  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/e6ae0698-176f-4cd1-8bf5-6530a4378ff9
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/10acffbb-73c1-468f-a956-5afbc23b3eaf
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/247d76c6-cbba-4a26-b466-e4cb29a9be91
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/f4552bbb-0e2a-46fe-8f30-1bc364089ad5
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/1ffcec7d-047b-42d6-af28-e915adbea8f5
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/60dc6dfc-f338-4ed4-933a-fcb7319043cf
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/80e5192a-fa00-40e3-bd71-5310e0a9b7e3
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/bb87f83a-cd1c-4563-ba6b-1969a7273c00
  • Image of U 258 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/fb1b65b1-a225-459c-9dc4-d31a7ba786b3