| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/1993:28 Thomas/1994:1400 |
| Site: | LUNDY |
| Discovery: | arch excav, 1962 Hague, D.B. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 164: `The stone was found in 1962 by D.B. Hague during an investigation of Beacon Hill cemetery; it `was part of a complex of three [stones] formed in a triangle'. It is possible that it was associated with `two seemingly early graves'. In May 1981 the stone was moved to its present position'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.81 x 0.29 x 0.25 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 154: `The stone is now set...against an enclosure bank of Beacon Hill cemetery, Lundy Island'. |
| Form: | cross-marked Okasha/1993, 164: `The stone is a pillar stone. … The stone measures 81cm. In height, 8 to 29 cm. In width and about 25 cm. In thickness to where it is set in the bank'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Okasha/1993, 164: `The stone is... probably incomplete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: greek; linear; straight; ; ; none; ring; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Okasha/1993, 164 states that the decoration is `probably a cross incised within a circle'. Thomas/1994, 166, however, thinks it is an inscribed cross with a hypothetical painted chi-rho symbol. |
| Thomas, C. (1969): | O | P | TIMI Expansion: OPTIMI Expansion: OPTIMI Translation: To the best one. Thomas/1969 139 reading only Thomas/1994 166 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1986): | TIMI Expansion: TIMI Translation: [The stone] of Timus (PN). Okasha/1993 164--165 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; outside cross ; undivided Okasha/1993, 164: `in one line on the face of the stone beaneath the cross and above a horizontal framing line'. Thomas/1994, 166, gives a drawing of the stone indicating three lines of text, all above a horizontal framing line. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 466 - 499 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | name only (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 164: `predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 164: `The text is slightly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |