Parish Find Location 
Unknown

Find Location 
Unknown

Find Context Classification 
Unknown

Present Location Classification 
Gotlands Museum Magasin Visborg

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6390259

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
695514

Material 
Limestone

Height 
16

Width 
10

Thickness 
4

Lindqvist Type 
B (ca. 500-700)

Lindqvist Shape 
Dwarf stone

Iconographic Keywords 
ship 

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
The fragment was found in storage at Gotlands Museum without bearing an inventory number.

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The tiny fragment of a limestone slab measures 15 cm x 10 cm and is about 5 cm thick. The piece represents the right protruding corner and a small part of the convex head section of a picture stone. The carvings are relatively deep and well-preserved.

Description of Ornament and Images 
Only a small part of the edge border with a geometrized twisted cord pattern (step pattern), and in the remaining part of the head field a towering stem of a typical, simplified ship can be seen.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
Middle-type picture stone, which means a Type B ʻdwarf stoneʼ, dating between AD 500 and 700. As far as can be assumed, the small fragment originates from a Type B stone featuring a convex head with corners protruding horizontally. Probably, due to its shape and decoration, the stone had been comparable to monuments like GP 147 Halla Broa X and other similar dwarf stones which are gathered in Lindqvist’s (1941/42 I, p. 37) Stenstugruppe.
GP 147 Halla Broa X

References 
Guber 2011, p. 160 cat. no. 101.

 
Fyndplats
Okänd

Nuvarande lokalisering
Gotlands museum, magasinet på Visborgsslätt.

Beskrivning
Ett litet fragment av dvärgsten (period B), 15 x 10 cm. Kantdekor och stäven till ett skepp.

Datering
Dateringen oklar, men tillhör perioden 500-600-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA

Title
GP 293 Unknown Find Spot

Gotlands Museum ID 
GFC11047

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
369

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