CRGIE/1

Corpus Refs:none
Site:CRGIE
Discovery:non-arch dig, 1860 Todd, W.
History:Todd/1860, iii: `a grave was lately opened up, covered with a flag of slaty stone, on which was a Latin inscription'.

Precise date of discovery unknown (see discussion at Craig/1997, 619).

Craig/1997, 619: 'There is no evidence that the slab was retained after its discovery. The grave and its cover were probably re-buried'.

Stone now lost.

Geology:Todd/1860, iii: `slaty stone'.
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present 1860, missing 1957)
Location:Craig/1997, 619: `There is no evidence that the slab was retained after its discovery. The grave and its cover were probably re-buried'.
Form:other
Todd/1860, iii: `a flag of slaty stone'.
Condition:inc , inc
Todd/1860, iv: `wasted by time'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


CRGIE/1/1

Readings

Todd, W. (1860):[--]
Expansion:
[--]
Translation:
[--] Ventidius (PN) [--] sub-deacon.
Todd/1860 iii-iv concise discussion
Thomas, C. (1992):[--]VENTIDIVS[--]SVBDIACONVS[--]
Expansion:
(--) VENTIDIUS SUBDIACONUS [--]
Translation:
(--) Ventidius (PN) the subdeacon [--] [CISP]
Thomas/1992b 3 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:
Date:None published
Language:Latin ()
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Todd/1860, iii-iv: `a Latin inscription; but so wasted by time that nothing could be gathered from it further than that the person's name was Ventidius, and that he was a subdeacon of the Church'.
Lines:
Carving errors:
Doubtful:no

Names

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