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 
40

Width 
28

Thickness 
17

Lindqvist Type 
A (ca. 400-600)

Lindqvist Shape 
Tall stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
The fragment was found in the storage of Gotlands Museum. No further information.

Measurements, Material and Condition 
Small limestone fragment of an early type picture stone which preserves parts of the original upper edge. (In Lamm’s list, the inventory number C11001 is noted, but this is an error; it should be C11000.) The other edges of the fragment are broken edges. GP 304 fits to another fragment, GP 320 Unknown Find Spot, which is larger and comprises the upper left corner of the monument.

The preserved narrow side – the upper side – is evenly worked. This side is slightly bevelled. Between the upper narrow side and the obverse there seems to have been a narrow chamfer, but this is now quite abraded. The monument’s obverse is absolutely flat, but appears unworked and seems to have been heavily textured originally. Now it is very worn and weathered. The carved lines are still clearly visible when illuminated appropriately. The slab is circa 15–19 cm thick, circa 28 cm wide and circa 40 cm high.
GP 320 Unknown Find Spot

Description of Ornament and Images 
Three parallel lines are carved out of the surface so that they appear raised, parallel along the upper edge to form the border decoration. This border also runs along the other fragment GP 320 Unknown Find Spot. If there were any ornaments between those lines that are about 10 cm apart from each other, is hard to say today. The fragment is not painted.
GP 320 Unknown Find Spot

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
The fragment belongs to a tall early type picture stone, i.e. Type A according to Lindqvist’s typology, dating to between AD 400 and 600. The layout of the border decoration and also the proportions of the monument correspond to the type A stones GP 537 Vallstena Vallstenarum I and GP 554 Väskinde kyrka 5 (regarding the Vallstenagruppe see Lindqvist 1941/42 I, p. 28).
GP 537 Vallstena Vallstenarum (I)
GP0554

References 
Lamm/Nylén 2003, p. 199 no. 350; Strehlau, forthcoming.

Title
GP 304 Unknown Find Spot

Gotlands Museum ID 
GFC11000

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
350