Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:329 Nash-Williams/1950:42 |
Site: | CRAI |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1698 Lhuyd, E. |
History: | Stone mentioned by Lhwyd (Lhwyd/1910, 85) but subsequently lost. His sketch of the stone in 1698 is the only known record. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 3.2 x 0.3 x 0.15 (converted from Lhwyd/1910) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1698, missing ) |
Location: | Stone known only from a sketch of 1698. |
Form: | plain Only known from Llwyd's drawing (Lhwyd/1910, 85), the form is reproduced in Nash-Williams/1950, 70, Fig. 40. It appears to be a pillar stone with a marked entasis. Lhwyd states: `A stone 3 yards and a half long, a foot broad and half a foot'. |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | B[M--]S[--]N[--]N[--]N Expansion: B[M--]S[--]N[--]N[--]N Macalister/1945 318 reading only |
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | [--] Expansion: [--] Translation: `indeterminate' Nash-Williams/1950 69 reading only |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated On the drawing (reproduced in Nash-Williams/1950, 70, Fig. 40), the inscription is on the left arris of the stone, taking the Latin inscription to be the front running down. |
Incision: | ind |
Date: | 400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950) Nash-Williams/1950, 69: `5th- early 6th century A.D.'. |
Language: | Indeterminate (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 318: `His [Lhwyd's] copy of the ogham shows nothing but BM?-S-N-N-N'. Nash-Williams/1950, 69: `The Ogam inscription, as recorded, is indeterminate'. |
Legibility: | n/a The inscription has to be deciphered from Edward Llwyd's drawing of 1698. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CANN/TIANIET{I} | PA~E[R]ILIVSMCCVTRENIHICIA | CIT Expansion: CANNTIANI ET I PA~E FILIVS M[A]CCVTRENI HIC IACIT Macalister/1945 318 reading only |
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | CANN/TIANIET | PA/TERILLIVSM/ACCV | TRENIHICIA | CIT Expansion: CANNTIANI ET PATER ILLIVS MACCVTRENI HIC IACIT Translation: (The stone) of Cantianus (PN) and (of) his father Maccutrenus (PN). He lies here. Nash-Williams/1950 69 concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
Position: | ind ; ind ; n/a ; undecorated Nash-Williams/1950, 96: `The Latin inscription is in four half-lines reading vertically downwards'. |
Incision: | ind |
Date: | 400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
Language: | Incomplete Information (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 318: `The Roman seems to have ended MACCVTRENI HIC IACIT. Before Maccvtreni there seems to have been FILIVS (perverted in Lhuyd's copy, where the F appears as R); before that again CANNTIANI (the NT ligatured) ET {I} PA~E, which is beyond emendation or elucidation'. Nash-Williams/1950, 69: `Roman capitals (?), with three ligatures. The reading is uncertain in detail'. |
Legibility: | n/a |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |