U 959

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

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

Location

Found location
Vaksala kyrka
Parish
Vaksala sn
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Current location
In the church porch.
Original site
No

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

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.875962, 17.686053

Texts

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.

Transliteration

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

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.

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