| Corpus Refs: | Collingwood/Wright/1965:863 |
| Site: | MAPOR |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1923 inc |
| History: | Tomlin/1995, 774: `found in 1923 near Barney Gill'. According to Collingwood/Wright/1965, 287, the stone had been placed in the Netherhall Museum by at least 1928. Tomlin/1995, 774: `now in the Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport'. |
| Geology: | Collingwood/Wright/1965, 271: `red sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.86 x 0.58 x 0.17 (converted from Collingwood/Wright/1965) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Senhouse Roman Museum Maryport Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport. |
| Form: | block |
| Condition: | incomplete , some The left hand edge of the stone is broken, as is the bottom, while a number of cracks run diagonally through the stone, which has resulted in the loss of some letters. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Collingwood/Wright (1965): | [S]PURCIOVIXXITANNOSLX[I] Expansion: SPURCIO VIXXIT ANNOS LXI Translation: Spurcio (PN) lived 61 years. Collingwood/Wright/1965 287 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| 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: | The word vixit has here been inscribed VIXXIT, perhaps indicating an attempt to mark a changed pronunciation. |
| Palaeography: | The text is in Roman capitals. The size of the letters differs markedly, but the only letters of note are the final S which leans to the right, and the final X which is small and carved above the cross stroke of the preceeding L. It is possible that the diagonal stroke in the R is short. |
| Legibility: | some Most of the text is clear, but the initial S, and the first N of annos are damaged, while an I at the end of the text was destroyed during cleaning. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | |
| Doubtful: | yes |