Corpus Refs: | Collingwood/Wright/1965:862 |
Site: | MAPOR |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1794 inc |
History: | Collingwood/Wright/1965, 287: `Found before 1794 about 1/2 mile south-east of the Roman fort at Maryport at a ford where the Roman road to Papcastle crosses the River Ellen. Now in Netherhall Museum'. Tomlin/1995, 774: `now in the Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport'. |
Geology: | Collingwood/Wright/1965, 271: `red sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.74 x 0.69 x 0.0 (converted from Collingwood/Wright/1965) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | Senhouse Roman Museum Maryport Now in the Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport. |
Form: | block |
Condition: | incomplete , some The bottom left hand corner of the stone is broken, and most of the second line of text has been worn off. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Collingwood/Wright (1965): | RIANORIXVIXIT | ANNOS [--] Expansion: RIANORIX VIXIT | ANNOS [--] Translation: Rianorix (PN) lived...years. Collingwood/Wright/1965 287 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated The inscription runs most of the width of the stone, but leaves large spaces both above and below it clear. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 400 - 599 (Dark/Dark/1996) Dark/Dark/1996, 60--63, argues that the inscription is Christian in nature, and therefore dates to either the 5th or 6th centuries. |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | The text is in Roman capitals. The first line of text has a slightly concave appearance, while the letters RIANOR all lean to the right. The X in vixit has a serif on the bottom left arm, while the top left arm and the bottom right arm each have small, almost horizonatal, strokes at the end of the angled strokes. The O of RIANORIX is smaller than the other letters. |
Legibility: | some The first line is clear, while only the first three letters of the second line are certain, the next two letters are more than likely `OS', but after that the text is illegible. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | |
Doubtful: | yes |