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Object type: Slab
Measurements: H. 28 cm (11 in); W. 42.2 cm (16.6 in); D. 12.7 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Coarse-/medium-grained, massive pale yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 238.1347
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 241
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This seems to be a building stone with only one carved face which has been smoothed with a fine diagonal dressing.
A (broad): Incised on this face is a graffito-like inscription in Anglo-Saxon capitals:
[T]YRIC
This is presumably an Old English masculine personal name. It is possible to interpret the first letter as `E'. Rough serifs seem to have been added to the `R' and `I'.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
This informal lettering is not common in the late Saxon north.
