Nasta Runestone

The Nasta Runestone, listed as Nä 34 in the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone located in Nasta, which is 3 kilometers northwest of Glanshammar, Örebro County, Sweden, which was in the historic province of Närke.

This is the classification for runic bands with beast or serpent heads depicted in profile with almond shaped eyes.

The question regarding the proper classification for Nä 34 is that the runic text band has no attached beast or serpent heads, but the depiction of the serpent and beast depicted have some characteristics typical of the Urnes style.

[1] The stone was noted as being on a pile of rocks during the initial survey of Swedish runestones in the 1600s by Johannes Bureus.

[2] As it was near a main road, the stone was raised in 1672 by Johan Hadorph for the Eriksgata of king Charles XI.