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Runic inscription:
Sigfast and Ärnfast they carve (the
stone) for themselves
sikfastr : ok : ernfastr :
žaiR : iuku : at : sik :
Year 1624
Johannes Bureus makes this drawing of the runestone and then
Sigfast's S-rune is included, the one missing from the later
drawing.
Year 1864
The rune slab is blown to pieces when the railway is built.
A smaller piece of it is said to have been found in the
railway wall, "opposite the pond in Karlbergs park" but has
now disappeared again.
1905-1914
A few more pieces of the rune carving were found in an
outbuilding at "Ingentings gård", but these too have now
also disappeared.
The runecarver:
I think this is Ärnfast's
second rune carving (or first) and he does it together with
someone called Sigfast. Both have the surname -fast so they
should be relatives, maybe even brothers.
Earnest future work as a rune carver will be carried out
mainly in today's Ekerö municipality. The runic carving I
guess is his first is
U 52 in Edeby
on Lovö which is also directly on the rock slab.
Links
Upplands Runinskrifter > Page
183
(Only in Swedish)
Runor > Riksantikvarieämbetet
Google map >
Find the place where the runic carving was
kalle@runristare.se
If you want to be of help or have a question.
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