Uppland Runic Inscription 130

The inscription on U 130 consists of runic text in the younger futhark carved on a serpent that forms a circle.

The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.

[1] Based upon the stylistic analysis, the inscription has been attributed to a runemaster with the normalized name of Åsmund Kåresson.

[4][5] U 130 is also a public record which resolves the legal issue of the inheritance of a farm located in Elgjastaðir or the modern village of Älgesta in Husby-Ärlinghundra parish, which the text states was held through an allodial title by Bjôrn as the family inheritance from his father Finnviðr.

ᛁᛦiʀEʀᚦᛁᛋᛁþisiþessiᛒᛁᛦbiʀbyʀ'' ᚦᛆᛁᛦᛆþaiʀaþæiʀaᚢᚦᛆᛚuþaloðalᚢᚴukokᛆᛏᚱᚠᛁat(r)fiættærfi,'' ᚠᛁᚿᚢᚦᛆᛦfinuþaʀFinnviðaʀᛋᚢᚿᚭsuno| |osuna aᛁᛚᚼᛁᛆᛋᛏᛆᚦᚢᛘilhiastaþumÆlgiastaðum.ᛒᛁᚢᚱᚿ ' ᚠᛁᚿᚢᛁᚦᛆᛦ ᛋᚢᚿ ᛚᛁᛏ ' ᚼᛆᚢᚴᛆ ' ᚼᛁᛚᛁ ᚦᛁᛋᛆ ' ᛆᚠᛏᛁᛦ ᚢᛚᛆᛁᚠ ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ ᛋᛁᚿ ' ᚼᚭᚿ ᚢᛆᚱᚦ ᛋᚢᛁᚴᚢᛁᚿ ᚭ {ᚠᛁᚿᛆ ᛁᚦᛁ} ' ᚴᚢᚦ ᚼᛁᛆᛚᛒᛁ ᚭᚿ ᚼᚭᚿᛋ ' ᛁᛦ ᚦᛁᛋᛁ ᛒᛁᛦ ' ᚦᛆᛁᛦᛆ ᚢᚦᛆᛚ ᚢᚴ ᛆᛏᚱᚠᛁ ' ᚠᛁᚿᚢᚦᛆᛦ ᛋᚢᚿᚭ ᛁᛚᚼᛁᛆᛋᛏᛆᚦᚢᛘbiurn ' finuiþaʀ sun lit ' haukua ' hili þisa ' aftiʀ ulaif bruþur sin ' hon uarþ suikuin o f(i)(n)aiþi ' kuþ hialbi on hons ' iʀ þisi biʀ ' þaiʀa uþal uk at(r)fi ' finuþaʀ {suno| |o} ilhiastaþumBiorn, {} Finnviðaʀ sunn, let {} hoggva {} hælli þessa {} æftiʀ Olæif, broður sinn.

{} Eʀ þessi byʀ {} þæiʀa oðal ok ættærfi, {} Finnviðaʀ {suna a} Ælgiastaðum.Bjǫrn, Finnviðr's son, had this rock-slab cut in memory of Óleifr, his brother.