 One suggested interpretation is that the images on the stone are a memorial to Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths from 471 to 526 AD, with the building depicted on the stone a representation of his mausoleum.The other images, such as the crescent ship and the lion fighting the snake, can be interpreted as iconography of the Arian Christian faith.This link replaces the link to the article on the depictions of the Sparlösa Rune stone in Pyrenae http