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Object type: Part of stele [1]
Measurements: H. 27.6 cm (10.9 in); W. 34.3 cm (13.5 in); D. 23.5 cm (9.25 in)
Stone type: See no. 1
Plate numbers in printed volume: 66-69
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 61
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The stele has quite a distinct taper. The only decoration on all four faces is the double edge moulding. Its incised lines are deeply grooved. The inner strip is very narrow. The large circular hole on face B may indicate reuse as a lamp holder.
See nos. 11–15. The assurance of the controlled cutting of the moulding and the polished finish indicate the quality of the sculpture, as well as the absence of weathering.
1. All the pieces from the Minster were discovered as a result of the excavations of 1966-71 by H. Ramm and D. Phillips. They are to be published as a handlist, together with a critical essay, in the forthcoming Royal Commission volume on the excavations. That publication will provide the finer detail of their archaeological contexts, both in a table, and in a description of the excavation of the south transept cemetery.
The following are general references to the stones: Wilson 1978, 142; Hall 1980b, 7, 21; Lang 1988b, 8, 12; Lang 1989, 5.
