Rune-stone U1144, L1942:5761 in Tierp parish, Tierp municipality

Photo: Cattis Öhman

Runic inscription

' kaiRfast(r) [auk hunifraR auk hrafn] ' auk ' fulkbiurn ' auk þuriR ' litu rita stino ' aftiR ' kaiR[a] f[a]þur sin ' kuþ hialbi (a)n- h(o)ns ' osmuntr| |risti ' uk hiriaR '

Inscription

' kaiRfast(r) [auk hunifraR auk hrafn] ' auk ' fulkbiurn ' auk þuriR ' litu rita stino ' aftiR ' kaiR[a] f[a]þur sin ' kuþ hialbi (a)n- h(o)ns ' osmuntr| |risti ' uk hiriaR '

Translation

Geirfastr and Hónefr(?)/Hýnifrár(?) and Hrafn and Folkbjôrn and Þórir had the stones erected in memory of Geiri, their father. May God help his spirit. Ásmundr carved and Herjarr(?).

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Rune-stone U1144, L1942:5761 in Tierp parish, Tierp municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1942:5761
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Tierp 23:1
Carver	hiriaR (Hæriarr) (S) och Åsmund (S)
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Redgrey granite with black elements
Period	Viking age
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Damage
County	Uppsala
Municipality	Tierp
Parish	Tierp
Coordinates	60.2993315, 17.46968

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.