U 260

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

Location

Found location
Fresta kyrka
Parish
Fresta sn
District
Vallentuna hd
Municipality
Upplands Väsby
Current location
Vid tornet.

Classification

Carver
Fot 2 (A)
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A3; B1; C6-C7; D1; E3; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.517802, 17.956626

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Gísmundr ok "Víkingr létu ... [s]te[in ept]ir "Sigfast, fôður sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Gismundr ok "VikingR letu ... [s]tæ[in æft]iR "Sigfast, faður sinn.

Transliteration

× kismuntr × auk × uikinkr × litu ... ...(t)a... ...iR sikuast × faþur × sin ×

Translation (English)

Gísmundr and Víkingr had ... the stone in memory of Sigfastr, their father.

Translation (Swedish)

Gismund och Viking lät … stenen efter Sigvast, sin fader.

References

Images

  • Image of U 260 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/60dc6dfc-f338-4ed4-933a-fcb7319043cf
  • Image of U 260 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/80e5192a-fa00-40e3-bd71-5310e0a9b7e3
  • Image of U 260 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/cdbfb589-8910-4bc1-a666-4c11d56c4b18
  • Image of U 260 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/fb1b65b1-a225-459c-9dc4-d31a7ba786b3