Runestone U139

Runestone U139 is a runestone fragment located in Täby, Uppland, Sweden. It is made of light grey granite and is situated next to fragment U140 and runestone U151. The ornamentation of runestone U 139 is carved in the Ringerike style and was previously embedded in a basement wall at Broby Farm.

Inscription

Translation into English: … carved the runes … [God] help his [spirit].

Transliteration of the rune row:

… …sti ‘ ru… … · hia(l)… … hans

Normalization to Runic Swedish:… [ri]sti ru[naʀ] … hial[pi] … hans

Translation into Swedish:… ristade runorna .. [Gud] hjälpe hans [ande].

Cover image: Hedning. Wikimedia Commons.

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