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Rune-stone U1140, L1941:6145 in Vendel parish, Tierp municipality

Rune-stone U1140, L1941:6145 in Vendel parish, Tierp municipality
Photo: Krister Svensson

Runic inscription

fastkaiR fastlauk at sun sin litu (h)akua at nefkair

Inscription

fastkaiR fastlauk at sun sin litu (h)akua at nefkair

Translation

Fastgeirr (and) Fastlaug had (the stone) cut in memory of Nefgeirr, in memory of their son.

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Rune-stone U1140, L1941:6145 in Vendel parish, Tierp municipality

Facts

Monument number L1941:6145
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Vendel 180:1
Carver (Öpir 1 (A)), påminner om Öpir men man kan "med bestämdhet säga, att ristningen icke har utförts av honom". [ej Öpir, Åhlén 1997]; Önjut (A) [Källström 2007a:104]
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Greyred granite
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Undamaged
County Uppsala
Municipality Tierp
Parish Vendel
Coordinates 60.1119065, 17.6068755
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.