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Rune-stone U1042, L1942:8993 in Tensta parish, Uppsala municipality

Rune-stone U1042, L1942:8993 in Tensta parish, Uppsala municipality
Photo: Olle Paulsson

Runic inscription

rikatr ' lit r[e]sa ' st[en yftR · biur · faþu sn ouk mþur sifriþ · usnikin] ' kuli risti ' run

Inscription

rikatr ' lit r[e]sa ' st[en yftR · biur · faþu sn ouk mþur sifriþ · usnikin] ' kuli risti ' run

Translation

Ríkhvatr had the stone raised in memory of Bjôrn/Bjórr, his father, and his mother Sigríðr. Ósníkinn. Kjúli(?) carved the runes.

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Rune-stone U1042, L1942:8993 in Tensta parish, Uppsala municipality

Facts

Monument number L1942:8993
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Tensta 58:1
Carver Kjule (S) (och Osniken (S))
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Blue-gray coarse-grained granite
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Unknown
County Uppsala
Municipality Uppsala
Parish Tensta
Coordinates 60.0406605, 17.6177595
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.