U 260

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
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