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Object type: Incomplete cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 43 cm (17 in); W. 30.5 > 29.3 cm (12 > 11.5 in) D. 23 > 22.9 cm (9 > 8 in)
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 25.130-133
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 57
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A (broad): A broad flat-band moulding runs across the top; a double grooved moulding has been crudely formed at the side by a punched and grooved double line. The central panel is plain.
B (narrow): The central panel is edged by crude roll mouldings; the one on the right roughly cut into a cable. In the centre of the panel which is otherwise plain a profile animal has been punched and incised. It appears to have a spiral on the front haunch only. It could be a stag.
C (broad): Badly mutilated but a very deeply cut grooved edge moulding and a possible tree-scroll survive. The spiral terminals are quite neatly conveyed but there are no fruit or flowers.
D (narrow): A flat grooved horizontal moulding has been formed by two incised lines, and a vertical one by a deep incision along the edges. Some attempt has been made to cut this into a crude cable. What may be part of an animal is punched and grooved in the central panel.
This piece is markedly different from all the other pieces at this site, both in the iconography of the tree-scroll(?), the form of the animals, and the method of cutting. It has the air of experiment or apprenticeship, and is difficult to place in the total chronological sequence.
