U 496

Also known as: B 214, L 583

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

Location

Found location
Tibble
Parish
Husby-Långhundra sn
District
Långhundra hd
Municipality
Knivsta

Classification

Carver
Same carver as U 497; Önjut (A) [Källström 2007a:104]
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C8; D1; E3; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.744707, 18.038421

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Ragnfastr lét gera merki þessi fyrir sál "Ingifastar ok "Gulleifs.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Ragnfastr let gærva mærki þessun fyr sial "IngifastaR ok "Gullæifs.

Transliteration

[ranfastr ' lit ' kera '] merki · þ[i]sun · fir sia[l ikifatar ·] auk · kulifs

Translation (English)

Ragnfastr had these landmarks made for Ingifastr's and Gulleifr's souls.

Translation (Swedish)

Ragnfast lät göra dessa minnesmärken för Ingefasts själ och Gullevs.

References

Images

  • Image of U 496 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/5bad4c8d-ff7b-4cd8-9c3a-5744f7515ed4
  • Image of U 496 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/d4d73eda-ab62-42dc-a95e-e764511d02b0