Parish Find Location 
Träkumla

Find Location 
Träkumla church

Find Context Classification 
Church

Coordinate Find Location (lat) 
6384602

Coordinate Find Location (long) 
698184

Parish Present Location 
Träkumla

Present Location 
In situ, in the floor of the choir.

Present Location Classification 
Church
In-Loco

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6384602

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
698184

Material 
Limestone

Height 
82

Width 
77

Lindqvist Type 
C/D (ca. 700-1000)

Lindqvist Shape 
Tall stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
The fragment was discovered in the floor of the choir by Beata Böttger-Niedenzu in 1983, together with GP 532 Träkumla kyrka 1 and GP 534 Träkumla kyrka 3. In 1982, Böttger-Niedenzu submitted her master’s thesis on Gotland’s picture stones to the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, and during the years 1981 to 1985, she visited the Gotlandic rural churches, discovering no fewer than 38 previously unknown picture stones, which she published in a brief catalogue in 1988. Träkumla kyrka 2 is incorporated into the floor just in front of the northern wall of the rectangular choir, while Träkumla kyrka 1 is placed directly south of Träkumla kyrka 2 (i.e., just to the right of it, seen from the nave), bordering the altar step in the south. Träkumla kyrka 3 is placed in the southeast corner of the choir. The rectangular choir represents the oldest part of the present church, dating to about 1220 (Roosval 1942, pp. 31, 49) or the middle of the 13th century (Lagerlöf/Svahnström 1991, p. 250). The church has been a ruin since 1861 but was restored and re-inaugurated in 1917. A further restoration took place in 1951.
GP 532 Träkumla kyrka 1
GP 534 Träkumla kyrka 3

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The fragment has the shape of an irregular rectangle of approximately 0.82 x 0.77 m (measuring the longest distances). The surface of the limestone slab is homogeneously grey with fossil inclusions. It is relatively even, weathered and worn by footsteps.

Description of Ornament and Images 
Traces of bas-relief carvings are discernable in several areas of the surface. A vertical band, which is slightly curved towards its top, appears to represent the inner frame of the left part of an edge border. One or possibly two horizontal bands can be regarded as dividers, separating different image panels (Oehrl 2019a, pp. 175, pl. 176b–c).

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
As the preserved bands represent parts of an edge border and one or two horizontal divider(s), pointing to a mushroom-shaped head section of a picture stone, and since its dimensions indicate a relatively tall monument, the fragment most probably belongs to a Type C/D picture stone. Those monuments date between the 8th century and circa 1000. The fragment probably originates from the same monument as GP 532 Träkumla kyrka 1 and GP 534 Träkumla kyrka 3. The motifs on Träkumla kyrka 1 are closely related to GP 252 Lärbro Tängelgårda IV and Lindqvist’s ʻLärbro groupʼ.
GP 532 Träkumla kyrka 1
GP 534 Träkumla kyrka 3
GP0252

References 
Böttger-Niedenzu 1988, p. 16; Oehrl 2019a, p. 175, pl. 176b–c.

 
Fyndplats
Bildstenen påträffades 1983, som en del av golvet i kyrkan kor.

Nuvarande lokalisering
Samma plats som 1983.

Beskrivning
Tillhugget fragment av en svampformig bildsten (typ C), 82 x 77 cm. Stenen hänger förmodligen samman med Träkumla kyrka 1 och 3. Kantdekor bevarad samt ett eller två band som har avdelat olika bildfält

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

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA
GP 532 Träkumla kyrka 1
GP 534 Träkumla kyrka 3

Title
GP 533 Träkumla kyrka 2

Fornsök ID 
L1976:7950

RAÄ ID 
Träkumla 56:1

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
433

ATA
K-Samsök