A circular runic carving in the rock of Riksby

A curious relic of the past - Upplands runinskrifter 59. Located in a rock face of gneiss granite in Riksby, Bromma församling, Stockholm och Stockholms kommun, the carving is a circular band approximately 1 meter in diameter. The runic band is 12-14 centimeters wide. This stone, which shares the rock face with U 58, was likely covered under soil and moss for several centuries until it was discovered in 1904 by children collecting berries.

On the surface, the stone may appear ordinary, but the runic inscription that adorns its face tells a specific story. The transliteration of the inscription reads: neistr: lit: rista: runaʀ: þisa: ebti · faþur sein: fasta: olf: aik. This can be normalized to runsvenska as: Næstr(?) let rista runaʀ þessaʀ æptiʀ faður sinn Fasta olf aik.

After being translated, the inscription can be understood as: Näst lät rista dessa runor efter sin fader Faste. The end part of the inscription can be interpreted in various ways, possibly as "Ulv högg" or an unclear transcription of "Fastulv".

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