Corpus Refs: | Okasha/1993:12 Thomas/1994:1209 |
Site: | EOGWL |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1964 Taylor, S. and Seymour, D.J. |
History: | Okasha/1993, 100: `first observed, in their present positions, in 1964 by S. Taylor and D.J. Seymour. Radford suggested that the stones were placed in these positions during the rebuilding of the buttresses and quoins in 1884-5'. Both Macalister/1945, 347 and Nash-Williams/1950, 111, rec |
Geology: | Radford/1969, 79: `very coarse granite with hard crystals'. |
Dimensions: | 2.2 x 0.35 x 0.27 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | earliest Okasha/1993, 100: `built into the exterior of East Ogwell church'. |
Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 100, argues that the two pieces `probably formed part of an erect pillar-stone'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some Okasha/1993, 100: `The two pieces of stone are both … probably incomplete'. Okasha goes on to suggest that the stones were trimmed for inclusion in the exterior wall of the church. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Radford, C.A.R. (1969): | CAOCIFIL{I} | POPLIC{I} Expansion: CAOCI FILI POPLICI Translation: (The stone) of Caocus(PN), the son of Peblig(PN). Radford/1969 80 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1987): | CA[--]OCIFIL{I} | [..--]PLIC{I} Expansion: CA[--]OCI FILI [--]PLICI Translation: Ca[--] (PN) son of [--]plicus (PN). Okasha/1993 102 reading only |
Thomas, C. (1994): | CAOCIFIL{I} | POPLIC{I} Expansion: CAOCI FILI POPLICI Thomas/1994 281 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, `originally they probably read downwards facing left'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 533 - 566 (Thomas/1994) 500 - 533 (Radford/1969) |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 100, `predominantly capital script with the letters measuring 6 to 9 cm in height'. |
Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 100, states the the text is, on the whole, legible but that it may be slightly incomplete due to trimming of the stone when reused. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |