Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1953;263

This is the classification for text within runic bands with serpent or beast heads that are depicted in profile with almond-shaped eyes.

The text, unlike many Viking Age inscriptions, is read from the tail of the serpent counterclockwise towards its head.

The stone was discovered during construction of an access road on October 20, 1953, and is currently raised at the entrance to the Kummeby church.

[1] The runic text, which is missing in one section of the damaged runestone, states that the stone was raised by Helga in memory of her husband Svertingr and her sons Eysteinn and Hemingr.

[1] The Rundata designation for this Uppland inscription, U Fv1953;263, refers to the year and page number of the issue of Fornvännen in which the runestone was first described.