Uppland Runic Inscription 605

The Uppland Runic Inscription 605 is a lost Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It was located at Stäket, in Upplands Bro Municipality.[1] The style was possibly Pr3.[1]

U 605, as depicted by Mårten Aschaneus from Aske (1575-1641). The rock disappeared during the construction of a road in the 17th c. and has never been seen again.

Inscription

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

[· iskirun · harþiʀ · totiʀ · lit · risti · runiʀ · ati · sik · sialfan · hn · uil · austr · fara · auk · ut · til · iursala · fair · risti · runiʀ ·][1]

Old Norse transcription:

Ingirun(?), Harðaʀ dottiʀ, let rista runaʀ at sik sialfa. Hon vill austr fara ok ut til Iorsala. Fotr(?) risti runaʀ.[1]

English translation:

"Ingirún(?) Harðr's daughter, had the runes carved in memory of herself. She wants to travel to the east and abroad to Jerusalem. Fótr(?) carved the runes. "[1]

References
  1. Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
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