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Picture stone, Swedish History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Ship with carved bow sailing in a storm, with crew of 2 men dressed in checkered clothing, holding the sail and rudder or steering oar, detail from a limestone picture stone from a burial mound, possibly a memorial for a failed expedition, from Lillbjars, Stenkyrka Parish, Gotland, in the Swedish History Museum, a history and archaeology museum founded 1866, in Stockholm, Sweden. Above is a figure in checkered clothing above a runic inscription. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Ship with carved bow sailing in a storm, with crew of 2 men dressed in checkered clothing, holding the sail and rudder or steering oar, detail from a limestone picture stone from a burial mound, possibly a memorial for a failed expedition, from Lillbjars, Stenkyrka Parish, Gotland, in the Swedish History Museum, a history and archaeology museum founded 1866, in Stockholm, Sweden. Above is a figure in checkered clothing above a runic inscription. Picture by Manuel Cohen