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Object type: Fragment, possibly of round-headed slab
Measurements: Unobtainable
Stone type: Unobtainable
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 52.245
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 76
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Only one carved face is visible.
A (broad): On the left is a long-haired figure with head upraised. He possibly wears breeches or a loin-cloth. He turns towards two other figures who cringe away from him. He seems to be in the act of throwing a stone or missile and holding another. The other figures are similarly dressed. They are shown in a frontal crouching posture, hands clasped protectively across their bodies. Their faces are wedge-shaped with lightly incised features. Above their heads are two coils, and at the side an arched motif.
This scene seems to represent the stoning of two victims. The crude grotesque figures with bent legs may indicate that this is late folk art. It could be a confused version of the stoning of St Stephen or a Fall scene, or could represent some nearly contemporary secular incident.
