NEWT/1

Corpus Refs:none
Site:NEWT
Discovery:first mentioned, 1804 inc
History:Forsyth/1996, 420: `currently stands in the grounds of Newton House in the parish of Culsamond in the Garioch district of Aberdeenshire [NJ 6623 2972]. It has been there since at least 1856, but there is some confusion as to ts earlier whereabouts'.
Geology:Forsyth/1996, 424: `Grey gneissose granite'.
Dimensions:2.09 x 0.7 x 0.4 (Forsyth/1996)
Setting:in ground
Location:other
Forsyth/1996, 420: `currently stands in the grounds of Newton House in the parish of Culsamond in the Garioch district of Aberdeenshire'.
Form:plain
Forsyth/1996, 424: `An irregular, ridged pillar incised at the top of one face with six lines of (?) pseudo-alphabetic characters'.
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


NEWT/1/1

Readings

Allen & Anderson (1903):IDDAIQNNNVORRENNIPUA | IOSSR
Allen/Anderson/1903 197-9 reading only
Forsyth, K.S. (1996):IDDAR[R]NNNVORRENNI{X}O[T^C] [C^E] | [R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENNI KO(I) [T][C][R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENN IPO [T][C][R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENNI KO(I) [C][C][R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENNI KO(I) [T][E][R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENNI KO(I) [C][E][R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENN IPO [C][C][R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENN IPO [T][E][R]OSR[R]
Expansion:
IDDAR[R]NNN VORRENN IPO [C][E][R]OSR[R]

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:inc ; broad ; inc ; undivided
Forsyth/1996, 426: `The inscription is 145 mm long plus a further 50 mm on the up-turned portion. The longer section follows the most obvious ridge on the left side of the stone. This has led it to wander quite considerably'.
Incision:pocked
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (ogams)
Ling. Notes:The language of the inscription is uncertain. Forsyth/1996, 436, suggests three main interpretations. Firstly; that the text consists of three personal names with no formula words. Secondly; that the text has two names followed by goidelic koi and then a third name. Thirdly; that the text has two names followed by Pictish ipe or 'nephew' followed by a third name.
Palaeography:Forsyth/1996, 431: `This ogham is unusual in reading from the top down, but other than that, is unremarkable in terms of script. What is of interest is the interpolated/additional section and the fact that only it has a drawn-in stem-line. Palaeographically, there is no other difference between the two sections, beyond the trend for the strokes to get longer throughout the inscription. Newton thus underlines the lack of significance, especially dating significance, to be attached to the presence or absence of a stem'.
Legibility:good
Forsyth/1996, 424: `carving very well preserved', but the `inscription' is unintelligble.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


NEWT/1/2     Pictures

Readings

Diack, F.C. (1922):ETTE | EVAGAINNIAS | CIGONOVOCANI | URAELISI | MAQQI | NOVIOGRUTA
Expansion:
ETTE EVAGAINNIAS CIGONOVOCANI URAELISI MAQQI NOVIOGRUTA
Diack/1922 12 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:inc ; broad ; inc ; undecorated
Forsyth/1996, 437: `It is placed at the top, roughly about eye-height. The inscription consists of forty-six characters arranged in six horizontal lines of unequal length'.
Incision:pocked
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Forsyth/1996, 438: `I find myself in agreement with Brash, who declared, `Though unable to decipher this inscription, I am of [the] opinion that it is inscribed in debased Roman letters of a type frequently found in ancient inscriptions' [1879 :359], a view shared by Romilly Allen, who described it as carved in `debased Roman cursive or miniscule characters' [ECMS 199]'.
Legibility:good
Forsyth/1996, 437: `The inscription is complete, well-preserved and genuine'.

Forsyth/1996, 438: `Okasha's verdict, `the text is indecipherable' [1985: 55] is over-harsh. While no coherent explanation of the entire text can be offered as yet, certain letters may be readily identified'.

Lines:6
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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