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Runic rock inscription U870, L1943:4725 in Gryta parish, Enköping municipality

Runic rock inscription U870, L1943:4725 in Gryta parish, Enköping municipality
Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

... ...k : onek[R :] (þ)ai[R] (l)itu : marka : stain : þ[insa : at rok br]oþu[r :] (s)[en] ... ...(þ)biarn : hiu

Inscription

... ...k : onek[R :] (þ)ai[R] (l)itu : marka : stain : þ[insa : at rok br]oþu[r :] (s)[en] ... ...(þ)biarn : hiu

Translation

... and Óhneigr(?), they had this stone marked in memory of Hrókr, their brother ... Auðbjôrn(?)/Viðbjôrn(?) cut.

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Runic rock inscription U870, L1943:4725 in Gryta parish, Enköping municipality

Facts

Monument number L1943:4725
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Gryta 2:1
Carver Ödbjörn (S); Vidbjörn (S) [Stille 1999b:139]
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Fine-crystalline granite
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Damage
County Uppsala
Municipality Enköping
Parish Gryta
Coordinates 59.767558333333, 17.388321666667
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.