LGERN/1

Corpus Refs:none
Site:LGERN
Discovery:recognised, 1985 Vaughan, I.
History:Edwards/1987, 58, states that the stone had been visible for ten years, before it was turned over and the inscription noticed in October 1985. It is now at the farm.
Geology:Edwards/1987, 58: `local shale'.
Dimensions:1.1 x 0.6 x 0.2 (Edwards/1987)
Setting:unattch
Location:on site
Edwards/1987, 58: 'the stone is now at the farm'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , good
Edwards/1987, 58: `the right hand side has been broken away, probably some time ago...there is a series of incised lines at the bottom of the stone on the right-hand narrow side...probably caused by the stone being used as a sharpening surface'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


LGERN/1/1

Readings

Edwards, N. (1987):VERE[--]
Expansion:
VERE[--]
Translation:
(the stone of) Vere[--](PN)
Edwards/1987 58 reading only
Edwards/1991 132 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
The inscriptions is in one horizontal line which begins near the top of the stone.
Incision:incised
Edwards/1987, 58: `incised'.
Date:400 - 633 (Edwards/1987)
Language:name only (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:Edwards/1987, 58: `first part of a personal name, very possibly in the genitive.
Palaeography:Edwards/1987, 58: 'debased roman capitals'.

The V and R are in the standard capitalis forms, the first E has its two upper cross-bars at an upwards oblique angle, and the second E has the bottom bar at an upwards oblique angle.

Legibility:good
Edwards/1987, 58, indicates that the first four letters are clear, and that `there are also traces of the vertical line of a fifth letter'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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