| Corpus Refs: | LeBlant/1865:670 |
| Site: | INDRE |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1859 Hermann, M. |
| History: | Costa/1964, 241, the stone was found by M. Hermann in 1859 and is now at the Musee Dobree inv. no. 859-16-10. |
| Geology: | Costa/1964, 241: `schiste ardoisier'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.81 x 0.66 x 0.0 (Costa/1964) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Musee Dobree (Cat: 859-16-10) Costa/1964, 241, the stone is now at the Dobree Museum inv. no. 859-16-10. |
| Form: | cross-marked |
| Condition: | incomplete , some There is a large fracture in the stone breaking off the bottom right corner from the main piece. The stone is also quite worn making part of the inscription difficult to read. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; curved; plain; circular; none; none; plain |
| Decorations: | The photo in Costa/1964, 241, shows a double framing line running around the stone; two sets of parallel lines running across the stone towards the top, the latter with what appears to be some sort of decoration; the bottom corners are each filled with a double-lined circle, while a similar circle is placed just below the central cross. Some more marks are below this circle but from the photo it is uncertain if these are decoration or damage. |
| Le Blant, E. (1865): | S[...]RE[...]S[...]HICREQUISQUIT Expansion: S[...]RE[...]S[...] HIC REQUISQUIT Costa/1964 241 reading only LeBlant/1865 558 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; panel The inscription is between the two sets of parallel lines, forming a kind of panel. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | The spelling REQUISQUIT shows the coming together of E and I in post-classical Latin, and the confusion as /kw/ moved to /c/, as seen in Lat. quinque>It. cinque. |
| Palaeography: | Costa/1964, 241, states that the inscription is in capitals. |
| Legibility: | some Damage has left a number of the letters of the first word illegible. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |