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Runic rock inscription U497, L1943:974 in Husby-Långhundra parish, Knivsta municipality

Runic inscription

ranfast[r] · lit · agua · eli · auk · kera · bru · eftiR inkifast · faþur · sin × auk ik[i]friþi · muþur sina

Inscription

ranfast[r] · lit · agua · eli · auk · kera · bru · eftiR inkifast · faþur · sin × auk ik[i]friþi · muþur sina

Translation

Ragnfastr had the rock-slab cut and the bridge made in memory of Ingifastr, his father, and Ingifríðr, his mother.

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Runic rock inscription U497, L1943:974 in Husby-Långhundra parish, Knivsta municipality

Facts

Monument number L1943:974
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Husby-Långhundra 18:1
Carver Samma som gjort U 496; Önjut (A) [Källström 2007a:104]
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Undamaged
County Uppsala
Municipality Knivsta
Parish Husby-Långhundra
Coordinates 59.7428895, 18.0378075
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.