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Rune-stone U896, L1941:2685 in Uppsala parish, Uppsala municipality

Rune-stone U896, L1941:2685 in Uppsala parish, Uppsala municipality
Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

... [l]itu raisa stain + fir ' ont · iy--m + sun + sain + tauþr + fita+faþum ' i tai'ma... ... riþ runaR ubiR

Inscription

... [l]itu raisa stain + fir ' ont · iy--m + sun + sain + tauþr + fita+faþum ' i tai'ma... ... riþ runaR ubiR

Translation

... had the stone raised for the spirit of Eyndr(?), their son, (who) died in christening robes in Denmark(?) ... Œpir arranged the runes.

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Rune-stone U896, L1941:2685 in Uppsala parish, Uppsala municipality

Facts

Monument number L1941:2685
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Uppsala 8:1
Carver Öpir 1 (S), verkar inte vara huggen av Öpir.
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 Uppsala
Coordinates 59.858601, 17.631445
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.