Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:375 Nash-Williams/1950:166 |
Site: | LSADY |
Discovery: | recognised, 1920 Williams, G. |
History: | |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 2.24 x 0.83 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | on site The stone is now in the porch of the parish church at Llansadyrnin. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1945, 357--358: `the surface of the stone is scaled...two holes were drilled in the face of the stone when it was adapted as a gatepost'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Anonymous (1920): | TOTAVAL{I} | FILIVS DOTHO | RANTI Expansion: TOTAVALI FILIVS DOTHO | RANTI(PN) Translation: (The Stone) of Totavalus (PN), son of Dothorantus (PN). Anon/1920 vi reading only Ed/1920 191 reading only Macalister/1922 22 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | TOTOVAL{I} | FILIVSDOTHO | RANTI Expansion: TOTAVALI FILIVS DOTHORANTI Macalister/1945 357 reading only |
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | TOTOVAL{I} | FILIVSDOTHO | RANTI Expansion: TOTAVALI FILIVS DOTHORANTI Translation: (The stone) of Totavalus(PN) son of Dothorantus(PN). Nash-Williams/1950 116 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 357: `pocked and rubbed'. |
Date: | 500 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) 550 - 599 (Jackson/1953) 500 - 599 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | The word FILIVS is in the nominative, instead of the genitive, this is found elsewhere in Britain. |
Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 116--117: `Roman capitals, with half-uncial H, horizontal final -I in l. 1, the As are apparently tilted sideways'. In Macalister/1945, 357, the drawing of the first A in TOTAVALI is reminiscent of the As at Llangadwaladr, the other As appear to be triangular in shape. The R has a horizontal bar and the S leans to the right. The gap between the O and T in DOTH is said by Macalister/1945, 358 to have been the result of a desire 'to avoid an irregularity in the surface'. |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 357: `inscription...in perfect condition'. |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |