| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:12 Macalister/1945:477 Okasha/1993:11 |
| Site: | CUBRT |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1861 Jones, H.L. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 97: `The stone is built into the west exterior wall of the tower of Cunert Church...The stone was discovered by Jones, probably in 1861. He stated `...the inscribed stone... has been built with due care into the west wall of the tower'. In 1863 Jones stated that the stone `was found when some repairs and reconstructions were lately carried on there''. Macalister/1945, 455: `Nothing is known of the history of this stone before it was adapted as a building stone'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 455: `block of granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.28 x 0.47 x 0.0 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 97: `The stone is built into the west exterior wall of the tower of Cubert Church'. |
| Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 97: `presumably it was originally an erect pillar stone'. |
| Condition: | complete , good The preservation of the stone is difficult to assess as it is built into the tower but what is visible appears to be in good condition. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | Okasha/1993, 97: `its visible face is uncarved'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CONETOC{I} | FILITEGERNO | M{A}L{I} Expansion: CONETOCI FILI TEGERNOMALI Macalister/1945 455 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1984): | CONET[O]C{I} | [F]ILITEGE[R]NO | M{A}L{I} Expansion: CONETOCI FILI TEGERNOMALI Translation: [The stone] of Conetocus (PN), son of Tegernomalus (PN). Okasha/1993 97--98 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | CONETOC{I} | FILITEGERNO | M{A}L{I} Expansion: CONETOCI FILI TEGERNOMALI Translation: Of Conetocus (PN), of-the-son of Tegernomalus (PN). Thomas/1994 282--283 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 455: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 566 - 599 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 97: `predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1949, 455: `the inscription...is in good condition and easily legible though the letters are rudely fashioned'. Okasha/1993, 97: `The letters...are slightly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |