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Object type: Grave-cover, in two joining pieces [1]
Measurements: L. 132 cm (52 in); W. 41 > 36.5 cm (16.1 > 14.4 in); D. 20.1 cm (7.9 in)
Stone type: Medium- to coarse-grained, very pale brown (10YR 7/4, with prominent thin white bed (10YR 8/1)) grit; see no. 2
Plate numbers in printed volume: 157-158
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 73
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A complete slab made from a Roman half-column. The flat surface served as the slab.
A (top): The edge moulding is cabled but much damaged. It is particularly wide. There is a superimposed cross, arm type A1, with inward facing animal terminals to each arm. The incised eyes and jowls are identical with those of York Minster nos. 35–6, though very worn. In the panels above the cross-arm are mirror image York winged beasts. In the panels below are paired York winged beasts linked by their interlaced bodies.
This piece is identical with nos. 35–6. The size of the slab has been determined by its columnar origin.
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.
