ABNTY/1

Corpus Refs:Forsyth/1996:1
Site:ABNTY
Discovery:recognised, 1890 Marr
History:Allen/Anderson/1903, 308--309, states that this stone was discovered `in the churchyard' at Abernethy, and that it was `now [i.e. 1903] in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh'.

Forsyth/1996, 2, `discovered in 1890 by a Mr Marr of Abernethy...according to Romilly Allen it was found in the ancient churchyard...Dr Alexander Laing of Newburgh-on-Tay presented the stone to the National Antiquities Museum on 9 May 1892'.

Geology:Forsyth/1996, 4, `Old Red Sandstone'.
Dimensions:0.36 x 0.23 x 0.07 (Forsyth/1996)
Setting:in display
Location:National Museum Scotland (Cat: NMS Cat No IB98)
Forsyth/1996, 2, states that the stone is now in the National Museum of Antiquities (NMS Cat. No. IB 98).
Form:Indeterminate
Allen/Anderson/1903, 309: `a fragment'.
Condition:frgmntry , good
Forsyth/1996, 4, `...fragmentary but otherwise in good condition'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:animal

Allen/Anderson/1903, 309: `At the top, the lower parts of two legs of a horse, and immediately below a horizontal raised band'.

Forsyth/1996, 4: `...carved in relief on one face with the lower parts of two equine legs and a raised band'.

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Inscriptions

ABNTY/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Allen, R. (1903):--]QMI[--
Expansion:
--]QMI[--
Allen/Anderson/1903 309 reading only
Allen, R. (1903):--]IMN[--
Expansion:
--]IMN[--
Allen/Anderson/1903 309 reading only
Forsyth, K.S. (1996):--]QMI[--
Expansion:
--]QMI[--
Forsyth/1996 8 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; panel
Allen/Anderson/1903: 309, states that the text is below `a horizontal raised band'.
Incision:pecked
Forsyth/1996, 7, `...pecked then smoothed'.
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (oghms)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Forsyth/1996, 8, describes this inscription on a stem line as `accomplished'.
Legibility:good
Forsyth/1996, 4: `letters clear'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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