U 288

Also known as: B 112, L 427

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

Location

Found location
Vik
Parish
Hammarby sn
District
Vallentuna hd
Municipality
Upplands Väsby

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (S)
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C9-C10; D1; E3-E6; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 5

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.535502, 17.932366

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Ólafr ok "Gunnhildr létu reisa stein eptir "Gunna, son sinn, ok "Ketill lét eptir bróður sinn. "Œpir risti rúnar.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"OlafR ok "Gunnhildr letu ræisa stæin æftiR "Gunna, sun sinn, ok "Kætill let æftiR broður sinn. "ØpiR risti runaR.

Transliteration

olafr ' uk ' kunilr ' litu ' raisa ' stain ' eftR ÷ kuna ' sun ' sin ' uk ' ketil ' lit ÷ eftiR ÷ broþur ' sin ' ybir ' risti ' runa

Translation (English)

Ólafr and Gunnhildr had the stone raised in memory of Gunni, their son; and Ketill had (it raised) in memory of his brother. Œpir carved the runes.

Translation (Swedish)

Olov och Gunnhild lät resa stenen efter Gunne, sin son, och Kättil lät (resa stenen) efter sin broder. Öpir ristade runorna.

References

Images

  • Image of U 288 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/2b6b7636-0bc9-4838-97fd-fcf65e6bd5c4
  • Image of U 288 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/ddd7d87a-a4f9-450a-9183-f12cc56497fb