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 
32

Width 
36

Lindqvist Type 
A (ca. 400-600)

Lindqvist Shape 
Tall stone

Iconographic Keywords 
circle 
spiral 
human figure 
shield 
spear 

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 picture stone fragment represents an almost square-shaped limestone slab of 32 x 36 cm.

Description of Ornament and Images 
Parts of a roundel that represented the main motif of the monument as well as remains of the decorated edge border can be observed. The roundel features a spiral motif, the edge border a geometrized tendril pattern (see IX). Standing on the roundel, traces of a simplified human figure with round shield and spear have been observed. However, this detail remains quite uncertain.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
The fragment represents a part of the head of an early-type picture stone, i.e., Type A according to Lindqvist’s typology, dating between AD 400 and 600. The border decoration, a geometrized tendril pattern that looks like a row of rhombi, is typical for Lindqvist’s Martebotypus (1941/42 I, p. 27). However, a spiral pattern as main motif in the head field is an unusual feature within the Martebo group.

References 
Guber 2011, p. 159 cat. no. 99.

Title
GP 314 Unknown Find Spot

Gotlands Museum ID 
GFC11037

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
364