The spot was close to the Eriksgata, the road that the Swedish king travelled after having been elected at the Stone of Mora, in order to be accepted by his subjects.
The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender, almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.
inEnEnosmuntrÁsmundrAsmundrhiuhjó.hio.binrn ' auþulfr ' (k)unor ' hulmtis ' ---u ri-o stin þino ' iftiʀ ' ulf ' kinlauhaʀ buanta ' in osmuntr hiuBjǫrn, {} Auðulfr, {} Gunnarr, {} Holmdís {} [lét]u ré[tt]a stein þenna {} eptir {} Ulf, {} Ginnlaugar bónda.
{} En Ásmundr hjó.Biorn, {} Auðulfʀ, {} Gunnarr, {} Holmdis {} [let]u re[tt]a stæin þenna {} æftiʀ {} Ulf, {} Ginnlaugaʀ boanda.
{} En Asmundr hio.Bjǫrn, Auðulfr, Gunnarr (and) Holmdís had this stone erected in memory of Ulfr, Ginnlaug's husbandman.