Rune-stone Altunastenen, U1161, L1944:3969 in Altuna parish, Enköping municipality

Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

§A uifasþtr + fulkahþr + kuþar + litu + resa + sþten + Rþti + sen + faþur + ulfasþ + arfast §BP beþi + feþrkag + burnu + e(n) ...(R) + bali + fresþen + liþ + lifsþen... ... §BQ beþi + feþrkag + burnu + e(n) ... + bali + fresþen + liþ + lifsþen

Inscription

Translation

§A Véfastr, Folkaðr, Guðvarr(?) had the stone raised in memory of their father Holmfastr, (and in memory of) Arnfastr. §BP Both father and son were burned, and Balli (and) Freysteinn, of Hlífsteinn's retinue, carved. §BQ Both father and son were burned, and Balli (and) Freysteinn (and) Hlífsteinn (carved?).

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Rune-stone Altunastenen, U1161, L1944:3969 in Altuna parish, Enköping municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1944:3969
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Altuna 42:1
Carver	Frösten (S); Balle (S); Livsten (A) och okänd [Stille 1999b]
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Granite
Period	Viking age
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Damage
County	Uppsala
Municipality	Enköping
Parish	Altuna
Coordinates	59.819447, 16.931553

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.