ANDRS/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:500
Site:ANDRS
Discovery:recognised, 1909 Kermode, P.M.C.
History:Kermode/1910--1911, 6, states the stone was found `in February last...in the course of our local archaeological survey...we noticed about nine feet west of the ruins a large stone set up like the headstone of a grave'. By 1911 this stone was in the museum at Castle Rushen.

Macalister/1945, 479, states that the stone was by then in the Manx Museum, Douglas, where it remains, with the cross number MM5.

Geology:Kermode/1910-1911, reprinted Kermode/1994, Appendix A, 6, calls the stone 'clay slate' and suggests it came from hills six miles to the south of the site.
Dimensions:1.75 x 0.43 x 0.2 (converted from Kermode/1911)
Setting:in display
Location:Manx Museum, Douglas (Cat: MM 5)
The Manx Museum (MM 5).
Form:plain
Condition:complete , good
Kermode/1910-1911, reprinted Kermode/1994, Appendix A, 6 states that the `whole pillar was weathered'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


ANDRS/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Kermode, P.M.C. (1910):AMMECAT | FILIUSROCAT | HICIACIT
Expansion:
AMMECAT | FILIUS ROCAT | HIC IACIT
Cubbon/1982 259 minor reference
Kermode/1910-1911 448--449 reading only
Kermode/1911 26 reading only
Kermode, P.M.C. (1911):AMMECAT{O} | FILIUSROCAT | HICIACIT
Expansion:
AMMECATO | FILIUS ROCAT | HIC IACIT
Kermode/1910-1911 457 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):AMMECATI | FILIVSROCATI | HICIACIT
Expansion:
AMMECATI | FILIVS ROCATI | HIC IACIT
Jackson/1953 173 reading only
Jones/1990 34--35 substantial discussion
Macalister/1945 479--480 reading only
McManus/1991 97 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Kermode/1910-1911, 457, states that the inscription begins 26 inches from the top of the stone.
Incision:cut
Kermode/1910-1911, 458, `the letters are V-shaped in section.'
Date:466 - 500 (Jackson/1953)

500 - 550 (Kermode/1910-1911)

500 - 500 (Thomas/1971)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:Jackson/1953, 173, 187, 509, 621, 623, 645, and McManus/1991, 97, 112-113 are the two main discussions of the text. Jackson argues that -mb- for -mm- is the assimilated British form, and that *Ambicatus for *Imbicatos (the Irish form) also shows the influence of spoken British.
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 479, `Roman lettering'.

Cubbon/1982, 259, `Roman majescule [sic] letters'.

Kermode/1910-1911, 457, `well formed Roman capitals'.

Only the R with a horizontal stroke and the first I of filius which falls from the cross-stroke of the F are unusual.

Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 479, `the ends of the lines of Roman lettering are a little battered: but...are clearly legible'.

Kermode/1910-1911, 457--458, `The third letter is somewhat worn and looked like an N, but closer examination showed the further down-stroke making M...the stem line of the L in the second line, and the following I are made indistinct by cracks in the stone, and the first two letters of the third line are badly worn, but all are legible'.

Lines:3
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


ANDRS/1/2     Pictures

Readings

Kermode, P.M.C. (1910):[...]B[.]CATOSMAQIR[O]C[A]T[O]S
Expansion:
[..]B[.]CATOS MAQI ROCATOS
Translation:
[..]b[.]catos (PN) son of Rocatos (PN).
Kermode/1910-1911 449 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[E]B[I]CATOSM[A]QIROC[A]T[O]S
Expansion:
[E]B[I]CATOS M[A]QI R[O]C[A]T[O]S
Translation:
Ebicatos (PN) son of Rocatos (PN).
Macalister/1945 480 reading only
Jackson, K.H. (1950):[IM]B[I]CATOSM[A]QIROC[A]TOS
Expansion:
[IM]B[I]CATOS M[A]QI R[O]C[A]T[O]S
Translation:
Imbicatos(PN) son of Rocatos(PN).
Jackson/1950 209 reading only
Jackson, K.H. (1953):[AM]B[I]CATOSM[A]QIR[O]C[A]T[O]S
Expansion:
AMBICATOS MAQI ROCATOS
Translation:
Ambicatos(PN) son of Rocatos(PN).
Jackson/1953 173 reading only
McManus/1991 97 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 480: `The Ogham is not actually on an angle, but on the edge of the stone, which is rounded like a ridge'.
Incision:cut
Date:500 - 550 (Kermode/1910-1911)

466 - 500 (Jackson/1953)

500 - 500 (Thomas/1971)

466 - 533 (McManus/1991)

466 - 500 (Cubbon/1982)
Language:Goidelic (Ogham)
Ling. Notes:The words still have their endings, and if the reading of Jackson/1953, 173, note 1, of Ambicatos is correct he argues it suggests British influence on the name in vocalism of the first syllable (AM for IM - *Imbicatos being the Primitive Irish form). This influence has not extended to the -mb- which had become -mm- in British - see Latin text of this stone. ANDRS/1/1. McManus/1991, 114.
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 480: `The cross-scores are sloped in the wrong direction'.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 480: `The stone is injured and the inscription is incomplete: some of the vowels are lost, as well as the proximal ends of some of the side scores'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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