U 57

Lost?
No
Object
fragment of runestone
Material
stone, gneiss
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Riksby, Bromma församling
Parish
Stockholm
Municipality
Stockholm
Current location
Stockholms stadsmuseum (274), possibly missing.

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
2
Cross form
A8; B2; F1 & A8; B2; C1; F1
Rune type
Style
Pr 3

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.340033, 17.945341

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Sinarr ok "Þork[ell](?) ok "Véfast[r] [lé]tu reisa stein eptir "Bjôrn, fôður si[nn, b]óndi góðr, bjó í "Ulfsundi.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Sinarr ok "Þork[ell](?) ok "Vifast[r] [le]tu ræisa stæin æftiR "Biorn, faður si[nn, b]ondi goðr, byggi i "Ulfsundi.

Transliteration

: si[nar :] auk [þork... : auk : uifast- ...]tu : r[isa : stin : eft]iR : biarn : faþur si[- -oti] koþr : by[ki| |i : ulsunti]

Translation (English)

Sinarr and Þorkell and Véfastr had the stone raised in memory of Bjôrn, their father, a good husbandman (who) lived in Ulfsund.

Translation (Swedish)

Senar och Torkel(?) och Vifast lät resa stenen efter Björn, sin fader, en god bonde, bodde i Ulvsund.

Additional information

Tre fragment bevarade.

References

Images

  • Image of U 57 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/d4d9c061-c324-4ebd-b01e-691efe9195c4