Description
The Vang stone was originally located outside a stave church at Vang. The stave church was dismantled and moved to Krummhübel, Germany, in 1844, and the stone moved to its current location, outside the church in Vang.
The stone is made of an irregular slab of slate. It is 2.15m tall, up to 1.25m wide and 8–13 cm thick. The artwork on the front of the stone is in Ringerike style, and depicts ribbons, leaves and a lion. Although thought to be a part of a stone portal, this idea is generally not supported. In contrast to other Viking Age runestones, the runic text is not integrated with the artwork to make a unified composition, but is carved along the edge of the stone.
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