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Rune-stone U496, L1943:1023 in Husby-Långhundra parish, Knivsta municipality

Runic inscription

[ranfastr ' lit ' kera '] merki · þ[i]sun · fir sia[l ikifatar ·] auk · kulifs

Inscription

[ranfastr ' lit ' kera '] merki · þ[i]sun · fir sia[l ikifatar ·] auk · kulifs

Translation

Ragnfastr had these landmarks made for Ingifastr's and Gulleifr's souls.

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Rune-stone U496, L1943:1023 in Husby-Långhundra parish, Knivsta municipality

Facts

Monument number L1943:1023
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Husby-Långhundra 24:1
Carver Samma som gjort U 497; Önjut (A) [Källström 2007a:104]
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Granite
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Damage
County Uppsala
Municipality Knivsta
Parish Husby-Långhundra
Coordinates 59.7447085, 18.0384165
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.