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Uppland Runic Inscription 1146, also known as U 1146, is the Rundata catalog designation for a
The runic text states that the stone is a memorial raised by three brothers Ráðulfr, Fundinn, and Ǫnundr in memory of their father Kári, who is called "the Eloquent." Kári is also described as being the son of Uggr of Svanabýr, which is the modern village of Svanby which is located about 3 kilometers southwest of Gillberga. Although the runic text has been damaged, the complete text is known from a drawing of the inscription made during the surveys of runestones conducted in Sweden in the 17th century.
- Rundata entry for U 1146.
Uppland Runic Inscription 1146, also known as U 1146, is the Rundata catalog designation for a Viking Age
The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Germ ...
memorial runestone
A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones d ...
that is located in Gillberga, which is about 1 kilometer east of Tierp
Tierp () is a locality and the seat of Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 6,143 inhabitants in 2018.
Communications
Tierp is connected to Uppsala and Gävle by commuter train Upptåget and the new (2007) section of highway E4 passe ...
, Uppsala County
Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or ''län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.
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, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Uppland
Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small uninhab ...
.
Description
This inscription consists of runic text on a serpent that is intertwined in the center with other stylized beasts. The granite stone, which is 1.85 meters in height, is classified as being carved inrunestone style
:''The term "runestone style" in the singular may refer to the Urnes style.''
The style or design of runestones varied during the Viking Age. The early runestones were simple in design, but towards the end of the runestone era they became increa ...
Pr1, which is also known as Ringerike style
Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the 8th-11th centuries ...
. This is the classification for inscriptions where the runic bands end in serpent or beasts heads. The inscription is unsigned, but through stylistic analysis it is considered to have been carved by the same runemaster as inscription U 1016 in Fjuckby
Fjuckby () is a village in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden, located about 15 km (9.3 km) north of the central city Uppsala along European route E4. The village has a population of 65 people (as of 2000) within an area of ...
, which is one of the Greece runestones. One runologist
Runology is the study of the Runic alphabets, Runic inscriptions and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics.
History
Runology was initiated by Johannes Bureus (1568–1652), who was very interested in the lingu ...
suggested that the style of this inscription with its curved lines is considered unusual and different from that on most other runestones in the district and better suited for wood and metal, making it likely that only few runemasters ever tried to apply it on stone. Besides U 1016, the other inscriptions with this unusual style are N 84 in Vang, N 62 in Alstad, and Sö 280 in Strängnäs. The runestone has been damaged over time, and a break in the middle of the stone was repaired in 1933.
The runic text states that the stone is a memorial raised by three brothers Ráðulfr, Fundinn, and Ǫnundr in memory of their father Kári, who is called "the Eloquent." Kári is also described as being the son of Uggr of Svanabýr, which is the modern village of Svanby which is located about 3 kilometers southwest of Gillberga. Although the runic text has been damaged, the complete text is known from a drawing of the inscription made during the surveys of runestones conducted in Sweden in the 17th century.
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
: aþulfr : (a)u)k : funtin : auk : a(n)untra : bruþr : ritu : stain : þinsa : abtir : kara : faþur : sin : in : mal:s ka : sun : uks : * sua u :Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk- Rundata entry for U 1146.
Transcription into Old Norse
:''Raðulfʀ ok Fundinn ok Anundr, brøðr, rettu stæin þennsa æftiʀ Kara, faður sinn, hinn malspaka, sun Uggs i Svanaby.''Translation in English
:Ráðulfr and Fundinn and Ǫnundr, the brothers erected this stone in memory of Kári the Eloquent, their father, the son of Uggr of Svanabýr.References
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