Runestone U 939
The rune stone U 939 found in Uppsala in Uppland in Sweden in 1940 originally comes from the Franciscan monastery on Alter Markt, where it was used as building material for the construction of the monastery in the 13th century. The rune stone made of light red granite is 1.23 m high, 0.9 m wide and is dated to the 11th century. The inscription was probably made by the rune master Öpir .
The animal that makes up all of the ornamentation on the stone is a snake with two large loops. The inscription starts on the tail of the animal and ends on the head. The inscription reads:
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 , p. 366.
Web links
- Runestone U 939 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and picture
- Description, styles and pictures (Swedish)
Coordinates: 59 ° 51 '28.6 " N , 17 ° 37' 53.4" E