Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:484 Okasha/1993:52(i) |
Site: | STKEW |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1924 Dalton Jackson, H. |
History: | Okasha/1993, 248: `The stone was found in 1924 by the vicar, the Rev. H. Dalton Jackson, when `the bridge spanning the brook just below the church was widened'. Macalister stated that: `At one time it was apparently used as a footbridge, but it was lost in the bed of a stream flowing past the church, and recovered in 1924', Macalister does not, however, give any evidence to support this assertion that the stone had been a footbridge. By 1927 the stone was in the churchyard and by 1932 it was inside the church'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 462: `granite'. |
Dimensions: | 0.72 x 0.37 x 0.39 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | on ground |
Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 248: `The stone is now inside St Kew church, at the west end of the nave'. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 462: `A block of granite'. Okasha/1993, 248: `The stone is an uncarved pillar stone, broken'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , some Okasha/1993, 248: `The stone is... broken at top and bottom'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | frame The text is in a cartouche. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | IVSTI Expansion: IVSTI Macalister/1945 462 reading only Thomas/1994 240 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1986): | IV[S]TI Expansion: IVSTI Translation: [The stone] of Iustus (PN). Okasha/1993 248--250 concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; narrow ; n/a ; panel |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 400 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 550 - 599 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | name only (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 462: `The S is half-uncial'. Okasha/1993, 248--250: `The letters measure 6 to 9 cm. in height...The script used is predominantly a capital one...an odd form of insular S'. |
Legibility: | good Okasha/1993, 248: `It is legible'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | [.]USTI Expansion: [I]USTI Macalister/1945 462 reading only Thomas/1994 240 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1986): | [--]STI Expansion: [--]STI Okasha/1993 248--250 concise discussion |
Thomas, C. (1994): | [.]USTI Expansion: [I]USTI Thomas/1994 240--41 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; other On the right-hand arris when one is looking at inscription STKEW/1/1. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 400 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 550 - 599 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 248: `The text is incomplete and slightly deteriorated'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |