| Corpus Refs: | none |
| Site: | TNTIS |
| Discovery: | arch excav, 1998 Brady, K. |
| History: | Morris/1999, 7, states that the stone was found in `a securely stratified' context by Kevin Brady. Morris/1998, 86, states that the stone was found used as a drain cover for a drain running around the south-western corner of a building on site C.
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| Geology: | Morris/1999, 7: `slate'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.35 x 0.2 x 0.0 (Morris/1999) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | inc |
| Form: | fragment |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Morris/1998, 86: `broken on all sides'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Thomas, C. (1998): | PATER | COLIAVIFICIT | ARTOGNOU | COL[.] | FICIT Expansion: PATER COLI AVI FICIT ARTOGNOU COL[I] FICIT Translation: Artognou (PN), father of a descendant of Coll (PN) has had this made. deBruxelles/1998 5 reading only Morris/1998 87 reading only Morris/1999 8--9 reading only |
| CISP (1999): | PATERN[--] | COLIAVIFICIT | ARTOGNOU | COL[.] | FICIT Expansion: PATERN[--] COLI AVI FICIT ARTOGNOU COL[I] FICIT Translation: Artognou (PN) descendant of Patern[us] Colus(PN) made (this). Colus(PN) made (this). |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc Morris/1999, 7: `The lettering is incised clearly and confidently, although the first and third lines are incised more lightly than the other three'. |
| Date: | 500 - 599 (Morris/1998) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | If the words we have form a continuous text, itself perhaps unlikely given the repitition of COLI and FICIT, then the presence of FICIT (a post-classical spelling of FECIT), indicates the language to be Latin. |
| Palaeography: | The inscription includes angle-bar As, horizontal bar Rs, half-uncial G, half-uncial N, as well as letters with some long ascenders such as P, F and R. The L is almost in the shape of a Z. |
| Legibility: | good Morris/1999, 7: `the lettering is incised clearly and confidently'. Morris also states that microscopic examination of the stone has shown that the `ARTOGNOU' inscription post-dates the [possibly Late Roman] inscription also found on the stone. |
| Lines: | 5 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Morris, C. (1999): | --][.]AX[E/C] Expansion: --][.]AXE[-- Expansion: --][.]AXC[-- Morris/1998 86 reading only Morris/1999 7 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | incised Morris/1998, 86: `deeply incised letters'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Incomplete Information (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Morris/1998, 86: `classical form'. |
| Legibility: | poor Morris/1998, 86: `the tailend of an...inscription'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |