CRAI/1

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

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Inscriptions


CRAI/1/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

Names

References


CRAI/1/2     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

Names

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