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Rune-stone U1047, L1944:6169 in Björklinge parish, Uppsala municipality

Rune-stone U1047, L1944:6169 in Björklinge parish, Uppsala municipality
Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

ayka-R ' auk ' kitilbiarn ' auk ' keisl ' auk ' ihul ' litu ' rita sten ' eftiR hybiarn faþ ' sin '

Inscription

ayka-R ' auk ' kitilbiarn ' auk ' keisl ' auk ' ihul ' litu ' rita sten ' eftiR hybiarn faþ ' sin '

Translation

Eygeirr and Ketilbjôrn and Gísl(?) and Ígull had the stone erected in memory of Eybjôrn, their father.

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Rune-stone U1047, L1944:6169 in Björklinge parish, Uppsala municipality

Facts

Monument number L1944:6169
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Björklinge 25:2
Carver Ingulv (A) [Ej Ingulv, däremot samma som U 1111, Hagsten-Karlsson 2000]; (Likbjörn (A))
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Lightred granulated gneissgranite
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Damage
County Uppsala
Municipality Uppsala
Parish Björklinge
Coordinates 60.026872, 17.552662
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.