This is the classification for runic bands that have attached serpent or beast heads depicted as seen from above.

The earliest information about this stone indicates that it originally stood close to Lake Vättern.

The runic text indicates that the stone was raised as a memorial to a father named Áskell.

In the text, the runes for the initial vowels in Old Norse words for æftiʀ ("after") and the name Æskel were replaced by a ʀ-rune.

:   (Old West Norse)(Runic Swedish)… …i : stin : þonsi : ʀfti : ʀskil faþur sin :… … {} stein {} þenna {} eptir {} Áskel, fǫður sinn.