U 437 $

Also known as: B 179, L 545

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, granite
Found Present

Texts

Transliteration

kuna : a[uk su]tari : ristu : s(t)[... ... sikbiar- sati : iftiR : sin faþur : stin : almykin : i : s...]

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Gunna ok Sútari reistu st[ein] ... Sigbjôr[n] setti eptir sinn fôður stein almikinn í ...

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Gunna ok Sutari ræistu st[æin] ... Sigbior[n] satti æftiR sinn faður stæin allmykinn i ...

Translation (English)

Gunna and Sútari raised the stone ... Sigbjôrn placed the very great stone in ... in memory of his father.

Translation (Swedish)

Gunna och Sutare reste stenen … Sigbjörn satte efter sin fader en mycket stor sten i …

Location

Found location
Broby
Current location
In the garden 40 m E of the manor house.
Parish
Husby-Ärlinghundra sn
District
Ärlinghundra hd
Municipality
Sigtuna
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.633755, 17.881199
Current latitude and longitude
59.632905, 17.881572

Classification

Carver
—
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C1; D4; E7; F3
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 2 [Gräslund, personal communication]
Dating
Viking age

Additional information

Två fragment återfunna 1956.

References

Images

  • Image of U 437 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/a8cc6c3e-7adc-4c80-9333-9e3d36e33561
  • Image of U 437 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Udo Schröter; license: CC BY-SA 2.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U_437_Broby.jpg