page_title: Gardarike runestones
section_title: U 366
hierarchical_section_title: Gardarike runestones / Uppland / U 366
caption_attribution_description: English: drawing of lost runestone fragment U 366 at Gådersta, Skepptuna socken, Vallentuna. This is a picture of an archaeological site or a monument in Sweden, number Skepptuna 325:5 in the RAÄ Fornsök database.
context_page_description: The Gardarike Runestones are runestones in Scandinavia that mention voyages to the East or the Eastern route, or to more specific eastern locations such as Garðaríki.
  There are also many additional Varangian runestones in Scandinavia that talk of eastward voyages such as the Greece Runestones, Italy Runestones, and inscriptions left by the Varangian Guard. Other runestones that deal with Varangian expeditions include the Serkland Runestones and the Ingvar Runestones. There is also a separate article for the Baltic expeditions runestones. In addition, there were also voyages to Western Europe mentioned on runestones that are treated in the articles Viking Runestones, England Runestones and Hakon Jarl Runestones.
  Most of the runestones were raised during the Christianization of the 11th century when the making of runestones was fashionable, but notably the Kälvesten Runestone Ög 8 was made in the 9th century when the Varangians played a central role in what would become Russia and Ukraine. This vast area was a rich source of pelts, hides and people, and it was an important component in the contemporary Swedish economy.
context_section_description: This runestone was found as fragments at Gådersta and has disappeared but it was probably in style Pr4. It was raised in memory of a man who died on the eastern route.
  Latin transliteration:
  [... uaʀ * tauþr × i austr*uih- ...]
  Old Norse transcription:
  ... vaʀ dauðr i austrveg[i] ...
  English translation:
  "... died on the eastern route ..."
caption: Runestone U 366 in a 17th-century drawing
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