Gamla Turingevägen Inscriptions

[2] Holmfast's road led from Tälje to Näsby, which was located on Lake Måsnaren, about three kilometres west of the carving.

Where the ground was sunken, the road had to be reinforced with a bridge system in the form of stone fillings or wooden structures.

There are many indications that it was a precursor to Göta landsväg, the oldest and most well-known road connection that went from Stockholm via Södertälje further south towards Götaland.

The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.

{}Holmfastr had the path cleared in memory of Ingi-… his good mother …, his … [3]Sö 312 consists of runic text carved onto a serpent band that circles a Christian cross.

The inscription is signed by the runemaster Eysteinn, which is normalized as Östen, by simply adding his name at the end of the text without using any verb such as "carved" or "painted.

Eysteinn.Holmfastr let {} braut {} ryðia {} ok {} bro gærva æftiʀ Gam[al], {} faður {} sinn, {} sum {} byggi i {} Næsby.