Hunnestad Monument

It was the largest and most famous of the Viking Age monuments in Scania, and in Denmark, only comparable to the Jelling stones.

Only three of the stones of the monument were recovered during the 19th century, and are today on display at the Kulturen museum in Lund.

The oldest of the two runestones depicts a large man dressed in a long coat and a pointed helmet.

× osburnÆsbiorn× (a)u(k)ok× tumiTomi× þaiʀþeʀ× sautusattu× stainsten× þansiþænsi× a(f)[t]iʀæftiʀ× ruiRoi× aukok× ¶ laikfruþLekfrøþ,× sunusunu× kunaGunna× han[t]aʀHandaʀ.× × osburn × (a)u(k) × tumi × þaiʀ × sautu × stain × þansi × a(f)[t]iʀ × rui × auk × ¶ laikfruþ × sunu × kuna × han[t]aʀ ×{} Æsbiorn {} ok {} Tomi {} þeʀ {} sattu {} sten {} þænsi {} æftiʀ {} Roi {} ok {} {} Lekfrøþ, {} sunu {} Gunna {} Handaʀ.

She appears to be the wolf-riding giantess Hyrrokkin who helped the Æsir push Balder's ship into the sea during his funeral, and thus she would be an appropriate image for a funerary monument.

Ole Worm 's depiction of the monument before it was destroyed. [ 1 ] The high quality of the etching is confirmed by the surviving stones.
The newly rediscovered DR 285 .
DR 282
DR 283
DR 284