KLSTN/1

(Catstane)
Corpus Refs:Huebner/1876:211
Macalister/1945:510
Site:KLSTN
Discovery:first mentioned, 1699 Lhuyd, E.
History:In situ until 1977, when according to Cowie/1977-78, 166, it was moved to `a new location in the area of the terminal complex'.
Geology:Macalister/1945: `whinstone'.
Dimensions:1.22 x 1.22 x 0.76 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Now near the terminal complex of Edinburgh (Turnhouse) Airport.

Form:Incomplete Information
Thomas/1992, 4: `a stumpy whinstone pillar'.
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


KLSTN/1/1

Readings

Huebner, E. (1876):INOCTV | M/VLOIACIT | VETTAF[--] | VICTI
Expansion:
IN OC TUMULO IACIT VETTA F[ILIVS] VICTI
Huebner/1876 76 reading only
Allen, R. (1903):INOCTV | M/VLOIACIT | VETTAF[--] | VICTI
Expansion:
IN OC TVMVLO IACIT VETTA F[ILIVS] VICTI
Translation:
Beneath this mound lies Vetta (PN), son of Victus (PN).
Allen/Anderson/1903 426--427 reading only
Rutherford, A. et al (1974):IN OCT[V] | M/VLO IAC[I] | VETTA F[IL][-] | VICTR[-]
Expansion:
IN OC T[U]MULO IAC[I]T VETTA F[ILIA] VICTR[ICIUS]
Translation:
In this tomb lies Vetta (PN), daughter of Victricius (PN).
Rutherford/Ritchie/1974 183 reading only
Thomas, C. (1992):INOCT[U] | M/VLOIAC[I]T | VETTAF[--] | VICTR[--
Expansion:
IN OC T[U]MULO IAC[I]T VETTA F[IL--] VICTR[--
Translation:
In this tomb lies Vetta (PN), son (or daughter) of Victr[--] (PN).
Thomas/1992a 4 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:inc ; broad ; undecorated ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Macalister/1945, 486: `the letters are roughly executed'.
Date:466 - 533 (Rutherford/Ritchie/1974)

500 - 600 (Thomas/1992a)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:Rutherford/Ritchie/1974, 185, argue that the dropping of the H in (h)OC is purely orthographic.
Palaeography:Rutherford/Ritchie/1974, 183--184: `debased roman capitals...note particularly the ligatured MV, and the characteristic L with oblique foot. The reversed N is not common...the O's are neat and small, some way above the base lines...the fifth letter in the fourth line...is indisputably an R with an almost horizontal tail...at the end of line three...the drawings all clearly show what appears to be a half-uncial F with conjoined I'.

Thomas/1992a, 4: `Fairly regular capitals; line 1, N is reversed. Ligatures of MV, line 2, and FI, line 3'.

Legibility:some
Rutherford/Ritchie/1974, 183: `the letters are...still for the most part well-defined. The condition of the inscription deteriorates from the left edge to the right, where it becomes weathered'.
Lines:4
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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