 The runestone is famous for its depictions and its tantalizing and mysterious references to a great battle, the names "Eric" and "Alrik", the "father who resided in Uppsala" and the text "descending from the gods".The stone provides an early attestation of the place name Uppsala, and the two personal names Eric ("complete ruler") and Alrik ("everyone's ruler") are both royal names, known to have been worn by the semi-legendary Swedish Yngling dynasty at Uppsala.Moreover, the mention of a great battle is suggestive of the equally semi-legendary Swedish-Geatish wars that are mentioned in "Beowulf".