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Inscription U Fv1986;84 - Runic inscription, Kvarnbacken, Lidingö, Sweden. Discovered 1984. From Viking age (800-1050). The text in Swedish: "Åsmund ristade runor efter Sten, sin farfar och fadern till Sibbe och Gerbjörn och ..(ej synligt)..Ulfs. Här ett stort minnesmärke efter en god man." The text in English: ”Åsmund carved runes in memory of his grandfather Sten, father of Sibbe and Gerbjörn and ..(not visible)..Ulfs. Here a great monument over a good man.” The figures shows large snakes and on top a Maltese cross typical for the late Viking age. Registration No. Sweden, Riksantikvarieämbetet, Lidingö No. 23:2 (also decribed as Lidingö No. 23:1).

Svensk originaltext inklusive alla åtskiljningstecken (Swedish original text with runic letters):

asmu-tr ... ris-- * runaR * eftiR × stein * faþurs*faþur * sin * auk * faþur * siba * ok × geiRbiarnaR × aok ... ulfs * eaR * merki * mikit * at * man * koþan ×

Läsbar text på fornnordiska (Readable old Nordic text, Swedish):

Asmu[n]dr ris[ti] runaR æftiR Stæin, faðursfaður sinn, ok faður Sibba ok GæiRbiarnaR ok Ulfs. HiaR mærki mykit at mann goðan.

This is a picture of an archaeological site or a monument in Sweden, number 667d2461-24f6-41c6-99b3-e6ace784b143 in the RAÄ Fornsök database.

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Lidingo and by Åsmund I hope, who carved it 1000 year ago.
Camera location59° 22′ 26.5″ N, 18° 09′ 43.6″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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