Corpus Refs: | Forsyth/1996:1 |
Site: | ABNTY |
Discovery: | recognised, 1890 Marr |
History: | Allen/Anderson/1903, 308--309, states that this stone was discovered `in the churchyard' at Abernethy, and that it was `now [i.e. 1903] in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh'. Forsyth/1996, 2, `discovered in 1890 by a Mr Marr of Abernethy...according to Romilly Allen it was found in the ancient churchyard...Dr Alexander Laing of Newburgh-on-Tay presented the stone to the National Antiquities Museum on 9 May 1892'. |
Geology: | Forsyth/1996, 4, `Old Red Sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.36 x 0.23 x 0.07 (Forsyth/1996) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | National Museum Scotland (Cat: NMS Cat No IB98) Forsyth/1996, 2, states that the stone is now in the National Museum of Antiquities (NMS Cat. No. IB 98). |
Form: | Indeterminate Allen/Anderson/1903, 309: `a fragment'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , good Forsyth/1996, 4, `...fragmentary but otherwise in good condition'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | animal Allen/Anderson/1903, 309: `At the top, the lower parts of two legs of a horse, and immediately below a horizontal raised band'. Forsyth/1996, 4: `...carved in relief on one face with the lower parts of two equine legs and a raised band'. |
Allen, R. (1903): | --]QMI[-- Expansion: --]QMI[-- Allen/Anderson/1903 309 reading only |
Allen, R. (1903): | --]IMN[-- Expansion: --]IMN[-- Allen/Anderson/1903 309 reading only |
Forsyth, K.S. (1996): | --]QMI[-- Expansion: --]QMI[-- Forsyth/1996 8 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; panel Allen/Anderson/1903: 309, states that the text is below `a horizontal raised band'. |
Incision: | pecked Forsyth/1996, 7, `...pecked then smoothed'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (oghms) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Forsyth/1996, 8, describes this inscription on a stem line as `accomplished'. |
Legibility: | good Forsyth/1996, 4: `letters clear'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |