#jarlabanke

[a-gnosis]

Me and one of my friends were out on a little runestone safari in Täby and Vallentuna yesterday. This is one of the Jarlabanke Runestones. It's located at the causeway known as Jarlabanke's bridge. Jarlabanke was a well-to-do landowner who had the causeway built across a 150 m stretch of otherwise impassable wetland around 1050 CE. A third of the causeway has been reconstructed with the help of a drawing from the end of the 17th century (but of course we don't know if it really looked like that in Jarlabanke's day as well).

"Jarlabanke had these stones raised in memory of himself while alive, and made this bridge for his spirit, and he alone owned all of Täby. May God help his spirit."

[annsan72]

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[utrianlax]

Rune stone # U 150 - Karby, Täby socken

This rune stone is unfortunately damaged and parts of the stone is missing. There is no beginning and end of the inscription, but the full text is known thanks to drawings from the 1600s, when the stone still was intact.

Jarlabanke and his family have raised a great number of stones in Täby and surrounding parishes.

*iarla baki auk fastui litu raisa stina aftiʀ suain sun sin*

"Jarlabanke och Fastvi läto resa stenarna efter Sven, sin son"

"Jarlabanke and Fastvi had the stones raised in memory of Sven, their son"

  © utrianalax 

[utrianlax]

Rune stone # U 140 - Broby, Täby socken

By judging the inscription of this rune stone fragment it must have been raised by the great man Jarlabanke over someone who died in Greece. With Greece the entire Byzantine Empire is meant.

Jarlabanke was a great man in Uppland, who owned large estates in Täby and Vallentuna in the1000's . Jarlabanke and his family are mentioned in a larger number of rune stones in the neighborhood.

*...laba... ... han  entaþis  i kirikium* 

"(Jarl)aban(ke)... ...han ändades i Grekland"

"Jarlabanke ... He met his end in Greece"

  © utrianalax 

[fuckyeahvikingsandcelts]

Runestones of the week by catarina.berg on Flickr.

"Jarlabanke had these stones raised in memory of himself while he was still alive. He made this bridge for his soul.(He) alone owned all of Täby May God help his soul."