Detail from the Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160) in the Ashmolean Museum

Title

Detail from the Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160) in the Ashmolean Museum

Subject

Rune stone

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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Source

The Ashmolean Museum

Publisher

The World-Tree Project

Date

2016

Contributor

Administrator

Rights

(c) University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum. CC NC BY

Format

jpg

Language

Old Norse

Type

Still Image

Identifier

http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10026402140001
U 1160

Coverage

Sweden
England
Viking Age

Files

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