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Object type: Part of grave-marker [1]
Measurements: H.30.5 cm (12 in); W.25.4 cm (10 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 179.955
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 182
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A (broad): Divided by a cross, type A1, of which the shaft is in a punch-outlined shallow relief and the horizontal arms appear to be unfinished. Within the arm-pits are four large rosettes with sunken petals. The upper two appear to have five petals, and the lower two, six.
The strangely unfinished nature of the cross is difficult to explain. Even if complete it would have been swamped by the rosettes which appear to be a specifically Hexham motif (cf. 8 and 22). The ineptitude of the piece means it was either apprentice work or late; it is extremely difficult to date such fragments.
