U 540

Also known as: B 248, L 605

Lost?
No
Object
fragment of runestone
Material
stone, red sandstone
Found

Texts

Transliteration

airikr ' auk hokun ' auk inkuar aukk rahn[ilt]r ' þou/þouh h--.../--... ... ...-R ' -na hon uarþ [tau]þ(r) [a] kriklati ' kuþ hialbi hons| |salu| |uk| |kuþs muþi(R)

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Eiríkr ok Hákon ok Ingvarr ok Ragnhildr þau ... ... ... ... Hann varð dauðr á Grikklandi. Guð hjalpi hans sálu ok Guðs móðir.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

ÆirikR ok Hakon ok Ingvarr ok Ragnhildr þau/þaun ... ... ... ... Hann varð dauðr a Grikklandi. Guð hialpi hans salu ok Guðs moðiR.

Translation (English)

Eiríkr and Hákon and Ingvarr and Ragnhildr, they ... He died in Greece. May God and God's mother help his soul.

Translation (Swedish)

Erik och Håkon och Ingvar och Ragnhild, de ... Han blev död i Grekland. Gud och Guds moder hjälpe hans själ.

Location

Found location
Husby-Lyhundra kyrka (nu: Husby-Sjuhundra)
Parish
Husby-Lyhundra sn (nu Husby-Sjuhundra)
District
Lyhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Original site
No
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.740328, 18.529936

Classification

Carver
Åsmund (A); Torbjörn skald (A); Torfast (A)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 4
Dating
Viking age 1030s

Additional information

Samma brödrakrets som nämns på U 513.

References

Images

  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/b3118e4b-f4c4-4d00-894e-484fa9191433
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/f4281321-d623-4e19-bb75-3f415d4e2602
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/fe5aa9bb-da19-44a3-b931-cf228c4fd00a
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/37a84c0d-744c-4bd9-97e7-595ec19ff540
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/dcf1ea4b-3819-4e3e-b285-7545e18fa986
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/f1f6197a-f1ff-4491-9c75-9dde1868a151