Rune-stone Aspöstenen, Sö174, L1985:2013 in Aspö parish, Strängnäs municipality

Runic inscription

[ub]lubR · lit · kira : kuml : likhus : auk : bru · at sun sin : biurn : uaR trebin : a : kut:lanti : þy : lit : fiur · sit : fluþu : kankiR : þaiR uiþ[ulkuR] : uiltu iki halta : guþ : hilbi : anta : hans

Inscription

Translation

Ólafr(?)/Óblauðr(?)/Upphlaupr(?) had the monument and sarcophagus/hospice and bridge made in memory of his son Bjôrn, (who) was killed on Gotland. Because his followers fled, he lost his life; they ... would not hold. May God help his spirit.

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Rune-stone Aspöstenen, Sö174, L1985:2013 in Aspö parish, Strängnäs municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1985:2013
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Aspö 44:1
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	In building or under water
Material	Granitee
Period	Viking age
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Undamaged
County	Södermanland
Municipality	Strängnäs
Parish	Aspö
Coordinates	59.4832685, 17.0456845

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.