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 |
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 |
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 |