Corpus Refs: | Collingwood/Wright/1965:863 |
Site: | MAPOR |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1923 inc |
History: | Tomlin/1995, 774: `found in 1923 near Barney Gill'. According to Collingwood/Wright/1965, 287, the stone had been placed in the Netherhall Museum by at least 1928. Tomlin/1995, 774: `now in the Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport'. |
Geology: | Collingwood/Wright/1965, 271: `red sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.86 x 0.58 x 0.17 (converted from Collingwood/Wright/1965) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | Senhouse Roman Museum Maryport Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport. |
Form: | block |
Condition: | incomplete , some The left hand edge of the stone is broken, as is the bottom, while a number of cracks run diagonally through the stone, which has resulted in the loss of some letters. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Collingwood/Wright (1965): | [S]PURCIOVIXXITANNOSLX[I] Expansion: SPURCIO VIXXIT ANNOS LXI Translation: Spurcio (PN) lived 61 years. Collingwood/Wright/1965 287 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 400 - 599 (Dark/Dark/1996) Dark/Dark/1996, 60--63, argues that the inscription is Christian in nature, and therefore dates to either the 5th or 6th centuries. |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | The word vixit has here been inscribed VIXXIT, perhaps indicating an attempt to mark a changed pronunciation. |
Palaeography: | The text is in Roman capitals. The size of the letters differs markedly, but the only letters of note are the final S which leans to the right, and the final X which is small and carved above the cross stroke of the preceeding L. It is possible that the diagonal stroke in the R is short. |
Legibility: | some Most of the text is clear, but the initial S, and the first N of annos are damaged, while an I at the end of the text was destroyed during cleaning. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | |
Doubtful: | yes |