Parish Find Location 
Lokrume

Find Location 
A grave mound near Tomase gård in Lokrume parish.

Find Context Classification 
Grave

Present Location Classification 
SHM Storage

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6581391

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
675775

Material 
Limestone

Height 
87

Width 
74

Thickness 
10

Lindqvist Type 
B (ca. 500-700)
C/D (ca. 700-1000)

Lindqvist Shape 
Cist stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
“The stones [GP 239–243 Lokrume Tomase I–V] of which II–V apparently together formed a cist-like monument, while No. I probably belonged to another monument of similar shape – were retrieved by O. V. Wennersten and sent to SHM. He found them, along with several other stone slabs, which cannot be identified with certainty as belonging to the group of picture stones, at the foot of a burial mound of approximately 15 m in diameter. The stones had formed a kerb. Some of them, among them Nos I and II, still stood in an upright position, while others, such as Nos III–V, appear to have fallen outwards, due to the pressure of the masses of earth from the mound. Not only this remarkable enclosure, but also great parts of the mound, however, had been severely damaged [and obviously robbed] in Antiquity. There was no possibility to determine the age of the site. About this, see Wennersten’s report in ATA” (Lindqvist 1941/42 II, p. 99).

In ATA, however, only a sketch of the find situation dating to 1911 and a letter from Wennersten as well as a letter from Otto von Friesen about a grave field at Tomase (both dating 1902) can be found (ATA, Go Lokrume sn K–O). The letters do not provide any more information about the picture stones and the grave mound. The 1911 drawing shows the position of the picture stones and other stone slabs, building a half circle which surrounds and edges the north-western part of the mound. Furthermore, the archive keeps photos of the stones in situ, taken by Otto von Friesen in 1902, showing them in a row with their upper edges standing out of the ground. One of the photos, however, depicts one of the picture stones being unearthed. These pictures are labelled as Lokrume ʻKroksʼ, which is the name of a neighbouring farm (ATA, Fasta fornlämningar Lokrume sn, Lokrume sn Kroks, foto 1838:33; 626:25–26). Photos of all stones were taken by Faith-Ell in 1933 (ATA, run- och bildstenssamlingen, foto 1718:4–8; cf. Lindqvist 1941/42 II, fig. 455–459).

The location of the grave mound remains unknown. In the letter by von Friesen the grave field is described as being located east of Lokrume church. There are many grave mounds (rösen) and other stone settings registered in the Tomase area. One group of those stone settings and perhaps a grave field are situated between 500 and 800 m east of the church and between 100 and 500 m north of Tomase gård; a second group lies between 300 and 500 m south of the church.

According to Lindqvist (1941/42 I, pp. 40, 47–48, 58–61; 1964), picture stones of the cist stone Type were originally used either pairwise representing grave markers or, as in the case of Tomase II–V, in a group of four that form cist-shaped (grave or sacrificial) monuments. However, all known cist stones have been discovered in secondary contexts (Stenkvist 2014).
GP 239 Lokrume Tomase I
GP 240 Lokrume Tomase II
GP 241 Lokrume Tomase III
GP 242 Lokrume Tomase IV

Measurements, Material and Condition 
“Limestone slab, about 10 cm thick. The obverse is not hewn, the narrow sides are chamfered towards the back. The reverse is rough and unworked. The stone’s total height is 87 cm, the width 74 cm” (Lindqvist 1941/42 II, p. 100). The bottom edge is roughly rectangular and almost completely preserved; the root, however, is not clearly separated from the rest of the stone. Of the cist-stone’s typical wave-shaped upper edge only the right protruding corner is broken off. The surface is heavily weathered.

Description of Ornament and Images 
No remains of carvings discernable.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
The typical outline of a small gable-like slab with wave-shaped upper edge, a so-called cist stone, is partly preserved. Most of those stones represent late-type picture stones, belonging to ʻAbschnittʼ C/D or E according to Lindqvist. There is only a very small number of Type B cist stones known to date (see in particular Halla Broa V–VI). Rundkvist (2012, p. 154) labels the Tomase stone as Type B (AD 500–700) but Lindqvist (1941/42 I, p. 48) as Type C picture stone. Lindqvist dated his ʻAbschnittʼ C to the time around AD 700. Recent research, however, dates the stones of this type between the 8th and the 11th century. With a total height of 87 cm the slab is a bit too large to be a Type B monument.
GP 144 Halla Broa V
GP 145 Halla Broa VI

References 
Lindqvist 1941/42 I, p. 48; II, pp. 99–100, fig. 457; 1964, p. 68; Böhner 1968, pp. 188–189; Rundkvist 2012, pp. 151, 154; Stenkvist 2014 I, pp. 32–34, 43; II, pp. 19, fig. 25; Oehrl 2019a, pp. 13, 393.

 
Fyndplats
Bildstenen påträffad i en kantkedja till en gravhög nära gården Tomase i Lokrume socken. Äldsta dokumentation är ett foto från 1902.

Nuvarande lokalisering
Statens Historiska Museums magasin, Tumba.

Beskrivning
En kiststen tillhörande ett kistformat monument tillsammans med Lokrume Tomase II-IV (period C-D). Stenen, som är 87 cm hög och 74 cm bred, har en vågformad överdel, men bilder och dekor saknas.

Datering
Dateringen kan inte anges närmare, men den tillhör perioden 700-900-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA

Title
GP 243 Lokrume Tomase V

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
173e

Statens Historiska Museer ID 
11695:5

Lindqvist Title 
Lokrume, Tomase V

ATA