AWALL/2

Corpus Refs:none
Site:AWALL
Discovery:arch excav, 1964 Thomas, C.
History:Found during Thomas's excavation and, along with the other small finds, presented by him to Dumfries Museum in 1966 (Gift.1710A).

Thomas/1979, 159: `Found in loose rubble, some feet south of the chapel, by the wall of the medieval hall (fig.26)'.

Geology:Thomas/1967, 159: `local slaty stone'.
Dimensions:0.18 x 0.1 x 0.01 (converted from Thomas/1967)
Setting:unattch
Location:Dumfries Museum (Cat: 1966-679-8)
In the Dumfries Museum.
Form:name-slab
Thomas/1967, 159: `Small rectilinear plaque of local slaty stone'.
Condition:incomplete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; straight; inc; square; none; none; inc; plain
Decorations:

Thomas/1967, 159: `A Latin cross, formed with intersecting lines' occupies the whole of one face. Design `incised with a sharp point ... in places has been deepened into a groove.'

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Inscriptions


AWALL/2/1

Readings

Thomas, C. (1967):MM
Expansion:
MM
Thomas/1967 159 reading only
CISP (1997):[-]MM
Expansion:
--]MM

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:incised
Thomas/1967, 159: `shakily incised'.
Date:None published
Language:unknown (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Thomas/1967, 159: `capital letters...rather shakily incised'.

The inscription seems to be contemporary with the cross on the reverse.

Legibility:some
The text as we have it is clear.
Lines:1
Carving errors:
Doubtful:no

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