Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:366 Nash-Williams/1950:148 |
Site: | LBOID |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1696 Lhuyd, E. |
History: | Owen/1896, 133, notes that the stone was seen by both Edward Lhuyd and Lewis Morris, the latter recording that in 1742 it was `on the ground sill of Llanboydy church door'. By the time of Owen's writing, however, the stone was lost, a fact confirmed by Nash-Williams/1936, 79, Macalister/1945, 350, and Nash-Williams/1950, 111.
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Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1742, missing 1896) |
Location: | Last seen by Lewis Morris, and a forlorn call for a search is first made by Owen/1896, 133. Lewis Morris in 1742 stated that the stone was `on the ground sill of Llanboydy church door' (Owen/1896, 133). The stone has since been lost. |
Form: | Indeterminate |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Morris, L. (1742): | ECHAD{I} | FI[--]ITOCUS Expansion: ECHADI | FILI ITOCVS Translation: (The stone) of Echadus (PN), son of Itocus (PN). Nash-Williams/1950 111 reading only Owen/1896 133 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ECHAD{I} | FI[-]I+OCUS Expansion: ECHADI | FILI + OCVS Macalister/1945 350 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | ind |
Date: | 466 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) 600 - 733 (Steer/1969) |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 111: `Roman capitals, with horizontal final -I (in l. 1) and rounded U (?)'. In the drawing the I in FI is considerably smaller than the F, and the T, if that is the letter intended, has a cross bar half-way up the ascender, and not at the top. Thus Macalister/1945, 350, reads this as a cross, rather than a T. |
Legibility: | some From the drawing in Owen/1896, 133, the first line appears clear, while the second line is drawn with a gap; the letters themselves, however, are difficult to make sense of. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
The name is Goidelic.