Runic inscription
aft ybi sonti sta(i)n sa--
ak lki kaRži f…
The interpretation is highly
uncertain but it seems to mean:
After the son Ybi, the
stone was placed
Line 2 ??? (probably
a name of the creator)
History
The rune stone was found in 1917 north
of the farm Stora Dalby in northern Adelsö. According to
reports, it was found in a small gravel pit on the western
edge of the ridge next to the road.
The stone was hidden in the gravel in
an inclined position, probably fallen from the slope from
above where a Viking Age burial ground is located. Where and
how the stone was originally placed is difficult to know.
Already in 1917, the stone was transported to Adelsö church
and sacristy, where it was later built into the wall to the
left of runestone U1.
Fact:
Red sandstone: 0.93 x 0.42 cm
The surface is rough with
difficult-to-interpret runic inscriptions in two lines.
The runes are finely carved and shallow and
the words lack punctuation.
In January 2014 I visited the sacristy for
photography.
With the help of side lights, new details could be
discovered and even a missing rune, an A.
The runestone may be one of the few carved
before the year 1000.
What indicates that the runestone could be
older is partly the form of the runes, which has
similarities with the fragments at Birka and that it was
found on, or in one of the viking graves that can be dated
back to the 8th-9th century.
One problem with that dating is the 4th rune which looks
like a dotted U (Y). Dotted U only appears at the end of the
11th century. Is it really a dotted U or is the dot in the
rune natural? See close-up picture further down the page.
Pictures
This is what the runestone looks like today.
But after an examination with a side light, an unknown
A-rune appeared at the end of the first line and more of the
carved traces on several other runes.
The new findings of carving are now filled in
with blue color on the start image at the top of the page.
Dotted or a natural pit?
(Do you see the A rune?)
Links
Upplands Runinskrifter > page
10
(Swedish).
Runor > - Riksantikvarieämbetet
Map and runic inscription.
Google map >
Dalby and the find site.
Google
map > Find Adelsö church.
kalle@runristare.se
If you want to be of help or have a question.
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RUNESTONES
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municipality
ADELSÖ >
has 5
known runestones
BIRKA >
has fragments from 9 known
runestones
MUNSÖ >
has 3 or
4 known runestones
EKERÖ >
has 11 known runestones
FÄRINGSÖ
>
has 27 known runestones
LOVÖ >
has 8 known runestones
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