Runestone U 937
The rune stone U 937 found in 1875 in Uppsala in Uppland in Sweden comes from a wall of the Franciscan monastery. The rune stone of granite is 1.6 m high and is dated to the 11th century.
The inscription reads: "Tägn and Gunnar built the stones for Väder, his brother."
The phrase "erected the stones" suggests that the stone belonged to the Broby stones in Funbo . It can be assumed that the stone comes from there because the same text can be found on stone U 990. He is in a serpentine band with an Irish belt . The ornament in the middle is a so-called Triqueta (or "Trikvetra"), known as a Triskele in Celtic symbolism . The word comes from Latin and means knot of threesome or triangle.
The stone is located behind the Gustavianum in the Universitetsparken (University Park) along with other rune stones, a modern rune stone and a concrete copy of a Bronze Age ship carving .
literature
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8
Web links
- Runestone U 937 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and picture
- Description, styles and picture (Swedish)
Coordinates: 59 ° 51 '27.7 " N , 17 ° 37' 53" E