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 
38

Width 
25

Thickness 
11

Lindqvist Type 
C/D (ca. 700-1000)

Lindqvist Shape 
Unclear

Iconographic Keywords 
leg 
building 

Runic Inscription or not 
No

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

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The fragment is approximately rectangular and measures about 37 x 25 cm. The limestone slab is about 13 cm thick. All four sides are broken edges. The surface is relatively even, only a little irregular here and there. Traces of weathering or abrasion are hardly noticeable.

Description of Ornament and Images 
The images are executed in bas-relief technique, the background fields carved less than a millimeter deep. The relief is weak but perfectly preserved. A narrow strip runs in longitudinal direction across the surface, dividing it into a larger (approx. 2/3) and a smaller (approx. 1/3) part. Obviously, the strip represents a horizontal frame line of an image panel. In the larger (lower) part of the surface, only a few chiseled areas can be seen here and there. On the other side clearly discernible elongated elements rise up from the horizontal frame line, which cannot be interpreted more precisely, however, because the panel is not completely preserved and the depictions are cut off. Possibly, they represent the legs of a human figure and/or parts of a building.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
The fragment belongs to a late-type picture stone; the execution of the bas-relief clearly indicates “Abschnitt” C/D according to Lindqvist’s typology. Those monuments can only be roughly dated to the period between the 8th century (or rather around AD 800) and the 10th century.

References 
No references

 
Fyndplats
Okänd

Nuvarande lokalisering
Gotlands museums magasin på Visborgsslätt

Beskrivning
Fragment av svampformig bildsten (period C/D), med måtten 37 x 25 cm. Spår av ben till en människa och delar av en byggnad.

Inskrift
Ingen inskrift

Datering
Kan inte dateras med säkerhet, men tillhör perioden cirka 700-900-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA

Title
GP 296 Unknown Find Spot

Gotlands Museum ID 
GFC11051

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
373

ATA

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