Runic inscription:

Front
Ofeg and Sigmar and Fröbjörn they erected (the stone) for Jörund, their father, Gunna's husband.

Front
: Ofaikr : ok : Sikmar : ok : Fraibiarn : þiR : raistu : at : iarut : faþr : sin : bota : Gunum : 
 

On the edge
Ernfast carved these runes

On the edge
: irnfastr : iuk : runaR : þasi :

Runristare: Ärnfast

Telling details:

The extra carving on the edge of the runestone allows us to get close to Ärnfast.

Ärnfast is still new as a rune carver and he is afraid for his reputation. He absolutely does not want to make any mistakes in the hard granite, mistakes that will remain forever.

But when, after careful work, he is finished with the front and the client seems satisfied, he relaxes. He is proud of his work and decides to make his signature on the edge of the stone.

A little too quickly and without planning, he carves wrongly and is forced to redo his work. So there they are anyway... the carving marks that will forever tell us that Ärnfast made a mistake. 

When the runestone is finally painted, only the correct chisel marks are painted, then the mistake is not visible and the runestone looks good anyway... until today, 1000 years later, when we paint in all the chisel marks.

Visit:

July 2023-04-03 1:30 PM

The runestone goes into shadow at 2:00 PM.
Sunlight on the front between 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM.
The mostly shaded carving on the edge is almost invisible due to lichens.

Links

Upplands runinskrifter > Page 57
(Swedish only)

Runor >  Riksantikvarieämbetet
(National Antiquities Board, mostly Swedish)

Google map > Find the runestone

 

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