Runic inscription in grave context Botkyrkamonumentet, Sö286, L2017:2014 in Botkyrka parish, Botkyrka municipality

Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

§A + {QI · LEGET · ET · NESCIT · VIR · NOBILIS · HIC · REQIESCIT ·÷· SIT MVNDVS · SORDE · BIORN : DICTV XPE PRE[C]OR TE} ÷ §B [k]ar[l +] (k)[æ](r)(þ)(i) ÷ stin + i(f)[(t)]iR + biorn + fren[t]a + sæn + su[en]s + sun + -k + [be](n)k(f)ri[þa +] i ha[im]a[rbu] + §A ---(u)bu (+) hans + ha(r) + [lik](r) [+] han + yn(t)i + s[t]eni + þei[m]i + bank(f)riþi a[t] (+) [k]a(r)-h----[r + su]n sin +

Inscription

Translation

§A {Qui leget et nescit, vir nobilis hic requiescit. Sit mundus sorde Biorn, dictu Kristus, precor te.} §B Karl made the stone in memory of Bjôrn, his kinsman, Sveinn's son and Bænkfríð's in Hamarbýr, §A ... his. Here he lies under this stone. Bænkfríðr in memory of ... her son.

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Runic inscription in grave context Botkyrkamonumentet, Sö286, L2017:2014 in Botkyrka parish, Botkyrka municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L2017:2014
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Botkyrka 24:4
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Sandstone
Antiquarian assessment	Other cultural-historical relic
Damage status	Undamaged
County	Stockholm
Municipality	Botkyrka
Parish	Botkyrka
Coordinates	59.238968, 17.818201

Sources

Most of the factual information in Runkartan comes from the Swedish National Heritage Board’s Fornsök data and from the Scandinavian Runic Text Database. The maps come from OpenStreetMap and Leaflet.js. The photographs were taken by the credited photographers.