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Rune-stone U79, L2012:490 in Stockholm parish, Stockholm municipality

Rune-stone U79, L2012:490 in Stockholm parish, Stockholm municipality
Photo: Martin Pessink

Runic inscription

§A · ky : auk : suain : þaiR : raitu : stain : at : birsu : faþur : sin : koþan · §B : ernfastr : iuk : s(t)ain : at : bersu : bot^ba : uikerþaR : sun : þorkerþaR : goþ ·

Inscription

§A · ky : auk : suain : þaiR : raitu : stain : at : birsu : faþur : sin : koþan · §B : ernfastr : iuk : s(t)ain : at : bersu : bot^ba : uikerþaR : sun : þorkerþaR : goþ ·

Translation

§A Gýi and Sveinn, they raised the stone in memory of Bersa/Birsa, their good father. §B Ernfastr cut the stone in memory of Bersa/Birsa, Végerðr's husbandman, the good son of Þorgerðr.

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Rune-stone U79, L2012:490 in Stockholm parish, Stockholm municipality

Facts

Monument number L2012:490
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Stockholm 1197
Carver Ärnfast (S)
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Granite
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Undamaged
County Stockholm
Municipality Stockholm
Parish Stockholm
Coordinates 59.366289, 17.856153
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.