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 
39

Width 
33

Thickness 
9

Lindqvist Type 
A (ca. 400-600)

Lindqvist Shape 
Dwarf stone

Iconographic Keywords 
circle 
human figure 
triangle 

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 preserves approximately the upper left quarter of a small picture stone from the early type. About half of the left lateral edge (39 cm), the left half of the slightly convex upper edge (33 cm) and the characteristic corner at the upper left are preserved. The narrow sides are carved straight at right angles to the face. A shallow-angled bevelled edge is visible in places between the narrow side and the face. The surface is flat but very irregularly textured and partly rough and coarse. Overall, the stone gives the impression of being weathered. The limestone slab is 9 cm thick.

Description of Ornament and Images 
A carved double line runs along the preserved lateral and upper edges. In the upper area of the fragment, directly under the upper border, i.e., in the left spandrel of the picture stone, there are clear traces of a pictorial representation, which, however, can hardly be interpreted. It is a complex of incised lines, shallowly chiselled areas and slightly raised fields. Particularly clearly visible are two triangular fields, an elongated area that merges into a rounded shape and therefore appears anthropomorphic, and rudimentary pointed oval, leaf-shaped elements. It is considered that these structures represent parts of a rosette motif as on GP 527 Tofta kyrka 1, or a human figure, perhaps even a rider, who is winged or wearing a cloak or shield.
GP 527 Tofta kyrka 1

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
The fragment represents an early-type picture stone, ʻAbschnittʼ A according to Lindqvist’s typology, dating between AD 400 and 600. The stone is unlikely to have been more than 100 cm high and can therefore be counted among the ʻdwarf stonesʼ of type A (Burstypus after Lindqvist 1941/42 I, p. 31). If the fragment did indeed have a rosette motif in the left half of the head field (see VI), and presumably another small roundel in the right half, then it would be close to the dwarf stone GP 527 Tofta kyrka 1 in every respect (also including size, shape and border). In Hauck’s contribution to the typology of Gotland’s early picture stones, the Tofta stone is considered typical of group VI, the Toftatypus. In this small group Hauck subsumes small picture stones that show star and/or rosette motifs as their central motif (1983a, p. 545).
GP 527 Tofta kyrka 1

References 
No references

 
Fyndplats
Okänd

Nuvarande lokalisering
Gotlands museums magasin på Visborgsslätt

Beskrivning
Delar av tidig dvärgsten (period A), bevarad längd 39 cm och bredd 33 cm. Spår av kantdekor och svaga spår av en bild, förmodligen ett rosett-motiv.

Inskrift
Ingen inskrift

Datering
Kan inte dateras med säkerhet, men tillhör perioden cirka 400-600.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA

Title
GP 313 Unknown Find Spot

Gotlands Museum ID 
GFC11036

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
363

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