| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:369 Nash-Williams/1950:153 |
| Site: | LDEIO |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1697 Lhuyd, E. |
| History: | Lhuyd/1858, 344--345, records a letter sent by Lhuyd, dated December 20, 1697, written at Lhan Deilo vawr Caermarthensh, that states that the stone was `by ye ch. yard in the Town'. The stone has not been seen since. For an attempt to find the stone see Anon/1893, 130. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1697, missing 1879) |
| Location: | Seen by Edward Lhuyd in the `churchyard', and not seen since. Westwood/1879, 96, is the first to state it as lost. Last seen by Edward Lhuyd in the churchyard at Landeilo Fawr in 1697 (see Lhuyd/1858, 345). |
| Form: | plain Nash-Williams/1950, 113: `rough pillar-stone'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor The drawing in Lhuyd/1858, 345, shows a fracture of the stone which resulted in a section from the top being missing. The drawing also shows some damage to the V of FILIVS in the second line. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Lhuyd, E. (1697): | --]IACETCVRCAGNVS | [--]VRIVIFILI[V]S Expansion: --][ HIC] IACET CVRCAGNVS | [--]VRIVI FILIVS Anon/1893 130 reading only Huebner/1876 30 reading only Lhwyd/1858 345 reading only Westwood/1876 96 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | [--]IACETCVRCAGNVS | [--]VRIVIFILIVS Expansion: --] IACET CVRCAGNVS [--] VRIVI FILIVS Macalister/1945 352 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | [--]IACETCVRCAGNVS | [--]VRIVIFILIVS Expansion: --][ HIC] IACET CVRCAGNVS [--]VRIVI FILIVS Translation: (Here) lies Curcagnus (PN), son of [--]urivus (PN). Nash-Williams/1950 113 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | n/a |
| Date: | 400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950) 500 - 566 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | The use of the correct spelling of IACET, rather than IACIT is rare in Britain. |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 113: `Roman capitals'. The R in CURCAGNUS is open bowed with a shortened oblique stroke, and the G is sickle-shaped, half-uncial. In the second line the L has an oblique foot, while Lhuyd/1858, 345, also shows it with a small stroke angled upwards from the top of the ascender. The final S leans to the right. |
| Legibility: | some The drawing in Lhuyd/1858, 345, shows an uncertain amount of text at the beginning of the two lines has been lost, as well as some damage to the V in FILIVS in the seond line. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |