This is a picture is of a runic stone that was found on Berezanji Isle in the Dnepr river.
The area of land at the time of the find belonged to the Russian Empire; it then passed to the USSR, it now belongs to the Ukraine. The stone is now held in the Odessa archaeological museum in the Ukraine.
The stone was discovered in1905 in a grave-mound during an archaeological excavation of the island. The stone lay in the tomb under the head and bust with inscription facing towards the ground.
It was part of a larger rune stone that did originally stand on one of the grave-mounds. It was then laid into the grave at a later date. The stone can't have stood for very long, as there is very little damage to wind erosion. The bottom part was never found.
The inscription can be dated from XI century and reads :-
: krani . kerþi . half . þisi . iftir . kal . fi . laka . sin
This translated into English means : "Grani made this grave-mound after Karl, his comrade."
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