U 959

Also known as: B 399, B 401, L 191

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

Texts

Transliteration

[nesbiarn '] uk ' runa ' anutar ' totiR ' litu ' rita ' staina ' at ' s[uhik'ierf ' sun : sin]

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Nesbjôrn ok Rúna, Ônundar dóttir, létu rétta steina at <suhikierf>, son sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Næsbiorn ok Runa, AnundaR dottiR, letu retta stæina at <suhikierf>, sun sinn.

Translation (English)

Nesbjôrn and Rúna, Ônundr's daughter, had the stones erected in memory of <suhikierf>, their son.

Translation (Swedish)

Näsbjörn och Runa, Anunds dotter, lät uppresa stenarna efter <suhik'ierf>f, sin son.

Location

Found location
Vaksala kyrka
Current location
In the church porch.
Parish
Vaksala sn
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Original site
No
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.875962, 17.686053

Classification

Carver
(Öpir 1 (A)) [not Öpir, Åhlén 1997]
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C8-C9; D1; F3
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 5
Dating
Viking age

References

Images

  • Image of U 959 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/57a89b5a-e892-4483-a8eb-2a3e95ed449c
  • Image of U 959 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/07a8202e-fd68-44ba-b069-7427a18eef8b
  • Image of U 959 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011013967165
  • Image of U 959 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Johan Peringskiöld; license: Public domain source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U959.jpg