U 978

Also known as: B 387, L 184

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

Texts

Transliteration

sihuiþr ...-i + stain + þina + iklats+fari + iftir + uitarf + faþ(u)(r) [+ -... ...sia]... ...ku---

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Sigviðr [reist]i stein þenna Englandsfari eptir Védjarf, fôður ... ... ...

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Sigviðr [ræist]i stæin þenna Ænglandsfari æftiR Vidiarf, faður ... ... ...

Translation (English)

Sigviðr, traveller to England, raised this stone in memory of Védjarfr, (his) father ...

Translation (Swedish)

Sigvid Englandsfararen reste denna sten efter Vidjärv, [sin] fader …

Location

Found location
Gamla Uppsala kyrka
Current location
Built into the exterior of the apse wall.
Parish
Gamla Uppsala sn (nu Uppsala)
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Original site
No
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.899398, 17.632208

Classification

Carver
Erik (A) [Källström 2014a]
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A4; B3; C1; D1; E3; F3
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 2
Dating
Viking age

References

Images

  • Image of U 978 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/75c6a7a0-36ec-47df-aad7-c5daaa408e98
  • Image of U 978 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/7e8cdc8c-dfd7-4699-8bc0-abf4ae94470d
  • Image of U 978 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011013975567
  • Image of U 978 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Berig; license: CC BY 2.5 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U_978,_Gamla_Uppsala.JPG
  • Image of U 978 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Uwe Zimmermann; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U978_runes.png
  • Image of U 978 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Uwe Zimmermann; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U978.jpg