Krogsta Runestone
The Krogsta Runestone is a runestone designated as U 1125 in the Rundata catalog.
The stone is located in Krogsta near , in Uppsala Municipality, Sweden, in the historic province of Uppland.  It was first described by Johannes Bureus in 1594.

Stone
The runestone is granite,  tall, and dated to 549–725. Four fragments presumed to be associated with the stone surround it. It is located in a former cemetery and was described by Johannes Bureus in 1594 and by  in his Monumenta Uplandica in the mid-17th century.

Inscription and decoration
Alongside a drawing of a man with outstretched hands, it bears an Elder Futhark inscription, reading  mwsïeij (uninterpretable). On the right face is an additional  sïainaz, probably for Proto-Norse stainaz "stone". The inscription has been interpreted as a "spelling lesson", distinguishing vocalic and consonantal forms for the semi-vowels j and w, and as magical.

The drawing has been described as "naively formed"; the man's gesture of upraised arms with fingers outspread has been interpreted as indicating prayer and as warding off danger, and related to figures on bronze horse mounts from the cemetery at Marchélepot and runestone U Fv1946;258 at  in Täby Municipality, which is dated to c. 1000.

See also
List of runestones

References

Further reading
Düwel, Klaus (2001). Runenkunde. 3rd ed. Stuttgart, Weimar: J.B. Metzler 
Ohlmarks, Åke (1978). 100 Svenska Runinskrifter. Borås: Bokförlaget Plus

External links

Elder Futhark inscriptions
Runestones in Uppland