| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:419 Nash-Williams/1950:284 |
| Site: | LYMWD |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1746 Morris, L. |
| History: | The stone was first recorded on the fly-leaves of a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Gesta Regum Britanniae by the antiquary Lewis Morris who wrote `At Llan-y-Mawddwy, in Merionethshire, in a stone wall near the churchyard, A.D. 1746, I found a stone with the following inscription' (Owen/1896, 136). The book is now in the British Museum. The stone is now lost. Macalister/1945, 395: `This long inscription is known only from the note quoted above, and from another MS. copy in the National Library of Wales'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1794, missing 1794) |
| Location: | Last seen in a stone wall near the churchyard in 1794 (Owen/1896, 136). |
| Form: | Indeterminate Nash-Williams/1950, 170: `Rough pillar-stone (l. side partly fractured away)'. |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | FILIAESALVIAN{I} | HICIACITVERIM/ATE | VXSORTEGERNACI | ETFILIEEIVSONERAT{I} | [.....]CIT | RIGOHEN/E | [--] | [-- Expansion: FILIA SALVIANI HIC IACIT VERIMATE VXSOR TEGERNACI ET FILIE EIVS ONERATI [HIC IA]CIT RIGOHENE [--] | [--] Macalister/1945 395 concise discussion |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | FILIAESALVIA[N]{I} | HICIACITVE[--]M/AIE | UXSORTIGIRNICI | ETFILIEEIUSONERAT{I} | [--]CIT | RIGOHEN/E | [--]OCET{I} | [--]AC{I} Expansion: FILIAE SALVIANI HIC IACIT VE[--]M/AIE UXSOR TIGIRNICI ET FILI[A]E EIUS ONERATI [UXSOR IA]CIT RIGOHENE [--]OCETI [--]ACI Translation: (The stone) of the daughter of Salvianus (PN). Here (she) lies, Ve[--]maie (PN), wife of Tigirnicus (PN). And of his daughter Rigohene (PN). She lies (here), wife of Oneratus (PN) [--]. |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | ind ; ind ; ind ; ind |
| Incision: | ind |
| Date: | 500 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 395: `Like so many other old copies of inscriptions, these are just on the wrong side of intelligibility and trustworthyness. The following seems to be indicated, but no reliance can be placed upon it. and certainly no critical use can be made of it...[the inscription]...followed by another two lines, of which only a few letters remain...Only the rediscovery of this stone could resolve its difficulties'. Nash-Williams/1950, 170: `Apparently Roman capitals, with half-uncial E (l. 4), H (l. 5) and U's. The final -I's are horizontal (except in l. 3). There were two ligatures'. |
| Legibility: | n/a |
| Lines: | 7 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |
Macalister/1945, 395: `The names SALVIANI and TEGERNACI appear to be fairly certain...The `Salvianus' of this stone may be identical with the person of the same name in the preceding stone [LUWCH/1/1], but there is no proof of this'.
Nash-Williams/1950, 172: `The burial of Salvianus himself (? the same man) is recorded on No. 283 [LUWCH/1/1]'.
[2] Written TIGIRNICI'.