LSADY/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:375
Nash-Williams/1950:166
Site:LSADY
Discovery:recognised, 1920 Williams, G.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:2.24 x 0.83 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in display
Location:on site
The stone is now in the porch of the parish church at Llansadyrnin.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 357--358: `the surface of the stone is scaled...two holes were drilled in the face of the stone when it was adapted as a gatepost'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Anonymous (1920):TOTAVAL{I} | FILIVS DOTHO | RANTI
Expansion:
TOTAVALI FILIVS DOTHO | RANTI(PN)
Translation:
(The Stone) of Totavalus (PN), son of Dothorantus (PN).
Anon/1920 vi reading only
Ed/1920 191 reading only
Macalister/1922 22 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):TOTOVAL{I} | FILIVSDOTHO | RANTI
Expansion:
TOTAVALI FILIVS DOTHORANTI
Macalister/1945 357 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):TOTOVAL{I} | FILIVSDOTHO | RANTI
Expansion:
TOTAVALI FILIVS DOTHORANTI
Translation:
(The stone) of Totavalus(PN) son of Dothorantus(PN).
Nash-Williams/1950 116 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 357: `pocked and rubbed'.
Date:500 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950)

550 - 599 (Jackson/1953)

500 - 599 (Thomas/1994)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:The word FILIVS is in the nominative, instead of the genitive, this is found elsewhere in Britain.
Palaeography:Nash-Williams/1950, 116--117: `Roman capitals, with half-uncial H, horizontal final -I in l. 1, the As are apparently tilted sideways'.

In Macalister/1945, 357, the drawing of the first A in TOTAVALI is reminiscent of the As at Llangadwaladr, the other As appear to be triangular in shape. The R has a horizontal bar and the S leans to the right. The gap between the O and T in DOTH is said by Macalister/1945, 358 to have been the result of a desire 'to avoid an irregularity in the surface'.

Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 357: `inscription...in perfect condition'.
Lines:3
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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