Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160) in the Ashmolean Museum (Front, full length)

Title

Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160) in the Ashmolean Museum (Front, full length)

Subject

Runic inscription

Description

Rune stone in the Ashmolean Museum, originally from Uppland in Sweden and dating the the late Viking Age. It was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford by King Karl XI of Sweden in 1687. 

The runes read: Liðsmaðr lét hôggva stein eptir Ígulbjôrn(?), fôður

"Lidsmod had this stone carved in memory of Julbjörn [his] father."

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Creator

Rebecca Hill (photo)

Source

Ashmolean Museum

Publisher

The World-Tree Project

Date

Runestone - 1100-1150
Photograph taken March 2010

Contributor

Rebecca Hill

Rights

(c) University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum.
Photo credits: Rebecca Hill
CC BY NC

Format

jpg

Language

Old Norse

Type

Still Image

Identifier

U 1160

AN1687.1
http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10026402140001

Coverage

England
Sweden
Viking Age

Files

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