| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:415 Nash-Williams/1950:279 |
| Site: | LLNDG |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1893 Drinkwater, C.H. |
| History: | No context is given of the discovery in Drinkwater/1893, 188--89. He does, however, mention recent roofing work on the church, so it is possible that the inscription was discovered during that work. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 393: `limestone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.41 x 0.15 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | earliest Drinkwater/1893, 188--189: `Under the window in the north wall, near the roof loft, is a stone cill (slate) in which, in ancient characters, is the imperfect inscription'. Nash-Williams/1950, 169: `Inside church, mounted on sill of S. window of chancel'. |
| Form: | fragment Nash-Williams/1950, 169: `Fragmentary (?) rough pillar-stone. 16" h. x 5 1/4" w. x 3" t.'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Drinkwater, C.H. (1893): | E9VE{*}TRINOMINE Expansion: none given Drinkwater/1893 188--189 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | EQVESTRINOMINE Expansion: EQVESTRI NOMINE Macalister/1945 393 concise discussion |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | EQVESTRINOMINE Expansion: EQVESTRIS NOMINE Translation: (The person) by the name of Equester (PN) (lies here). Nash-Williams/1950 169 concise discussion |
| Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Nash-Williams/1950, 169: `Latin inscription (Fig. 183) in one line reading vertically downwards (?)'. |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 393: `pocked'. Nash-Williams/1950, 169: `lightly picked'. |
| Date: | 500 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) 533 - 599 (Jackson/1953) Jackson/1953, 168, 193 suggests a date from the mid to the later sixth century. |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | Macalister/1945, 393--94: `The inscription is complete...there is no justification for the statement in Comm. [RCAHMW/1921] that it is obviously part of a longer inscription. The formula is confirmed by the Carn Hedryn stone (448)'. Nash-Williams/1950, 169: `The unusual formula employed in the inscription can be paralleled in Early Christian epitaphs of the 4th century A.D. and later in Italy and Gaul [1], and was apparently derived from pagan Roman practice. [1] ICG, i, [LeBlant/1865] p. 462 (Italy -- Hic iacet nomine Decimus); CIR, i, p. 59 (+ In hoc sepulchro requi(e)scet in pace puella nomine Alberga, &c.). [CISP: for the most recent edition of this stone see Boppert/1971, 104--07.] |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 393: `lettering...in small and well-shaped characters...The engraver erroneously doubled the T and was obliged to turn it into R, a little awkwardly. The O resembles a reversed half-uncial a. Nash-Williams/1950, 169: `Small Roman capitals, lightly picked, with half-uncial S. The form of the Q, like a modern figure 9, is peculiar and apparently based on the Roman cursive form'. |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 393: `in good condition'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |