U 960 $

Also known as: B 388, L 192

Lost?
No
Object
2 fragments of runestone
Material
stone, granite
Found

Texts

Transliteration

+ hakuno ¤ auk ¤ ostriþr ¤ kirþu ... ¤ sun ¤ snialan ¤ saR × hit ×× iriks × kuþ × tr... ...

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Hákon ok Ástríðr gerðu ... son snjallan. Sá hét Eiríkr. Guð dr[óttinn] ...

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Hakon ok Æstriðr gærðu ... sun sniallan. SaR het ÆirikR. Guð dr[ottinn] ...

Translation (English)

Hákon and Ástríðr made ... able son. He was called Eiríkr. Lord God ...

Translation (Swedish)

Håkon och Estrid gjorde ... [sin] raske son. Han hette Erik. Gud drotten …

Location

Found location
Vaksala kyrka
Current location
The newly found fragment stands erected outside the chancel, and the other is built into the chancel wall.
Parish
Vaksala sn
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.876078, 17.686077

Classification

Carver
Tore 2 (A)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
—
Style
?
Dating
Viking age

References

Images

  • Image of U 960 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/0ebe374a-3af3-49ad-91b6-f4acc6788841
  • Image of U 960 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/b1e3008f-affb-4ab7-8e8b-c2d0f92e52a0
  • Image of U 960 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/b9e894f7-6144-4101-87e0-e4cdc43282e1
  • Image of U 960 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Marianne58; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runsten_Upsala_Vaksala_117_1.JPG