Källby Runestones

This is the classification for inscriptions where the text bands have attached serpent heads depicted as seen from above.

[2] The runic text states that the stone was raised by two sons named Ulfr and Ragnarr in memory of their father Fari, who is described as being a Christian and having "good belief in God".

The inscription has been noted as evidence of the influence of Christian ethics in the meaning of "good" in Viking Age Sweden.

[3] Västergötland Runic Inscription 56 or Vg 56 is the Rundata listing for an inscription consisting of runic text in the younger futhark carved in two text bands on the right edge of a sandstone stone 3.1 meters in height that depicts the figure of a man holding a stick and wearing a large belt and headdress with antlers.

Another suggestion is that the figure represents the man memorialized in the runic text who is depicted in shaman attire performing a ritual.