Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:514 |
Site: | LDDLW |
Discovery: | recognised, 1933 Somerville, A.W. |
History: | Macdonald/1935-36, 33--34, tells how it was first seen in August 1933, that it was brought ashore soon afterwards (by a friend of the finder) and that it was first examined by the finder in the summer of 1934. On p. 34 he states: `Through the good offices of the present Duke of Buccleuch, then Lord Dalkeith, the stone was presented to the National Museum [of Scotland] by the Buccleuch Estates Limited'. Macalister/1945, 491: `discovered by Mr A.W. Sommerville of Bishop's Stortford, and his son, in the Liddel Water, between Newcastleton and Hawick'. RCAHMS/1956, 88: `It had apparently been built into a drystone dyke standing on the river bank, which had recently collapsed into the water after having been undermined by a flood'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 491: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 1.73 x 0.46 x 0.25 (Close-Brooks/Stevenson) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | NMS (Cat: IB 240) Held in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 491: `An irregular block of sandstone, in shape roughly resembling a gigantic pistol, the `handle-butt' being 2'9'' long, the `barrel' portion, which bears the inscription 3'2'' long'. |
Condition: | complete , some Close-Brooks/Stevenson/1982, 14: `The part of the stone that was in the ground is less weathered than the rest'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
RCAHMS (1956): | HICIACIT | CARANTIF/IL[I] | CVPITIA/NI Expansion: HIC IACIT CARANTINI FILI CUPITIANI Translation: Here lies (of) Carantinus (PN) son of Cupitianus (PN). RCAHMS/1956 89 reading only |
Thomas, C. (1992): | HICIACIT | CARANTI[F/IL/I] |CVPITI[A/N]I Expansion: HIC IACIT CARANTI FILI CUPITIANI Translation: Here lies (the body) of Carant(i)us (PN); of the son of Cupitianus (PN). Thomas/1992a 3 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; undecorated ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc RCAHMS/1956, 88: `cut'. |
Date: | 400 - 533 (RCAHMS/1957) |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | The spelling `iacit' reflects post-classical pronunciation. Both names are in the genitive case, and the word for `son' is spelt `fili'. |
Palaeography: | Thomas/1992, 3: `Good regular capitals'. |
Legibility: | some The text is clear. |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | |
Doubtful: | no |