Cylchgronau Cymru

Chwiliwch trwy dros 450 o deitlau a 1.2 miliwn o dudalennau

lli FIFTH SERIES.—VOL. X, NO. XL. (J OCTOBER 1893. NOTES ON SOME EARLY INSCRIBED STONES IN SOUTH WALES. BY PROF. J. RHYS. In May 1892 I was able to visit one or two old inscrip¬ tions in South Wales, which I had not previously seen. One of these is the Eglwys Cymmun Stone, of which Mr. Treherne gave an account in the Arch. Camb. for 1889, pp. 224-5. accompanied by a reading of mine. The Roman capitals are there correctly given as making AVITORTA FILIA CVN1GNI. The Ogam, which I read from the rubbings submitted to me, as Inigina Cunigni Avittoriges, I find to contain an inaccuracy, the correct reading being Inigena Cunigni Avittoriges. I do not know how the error crept in : I expressed misgivings at the time as to the third vowel, which I expected to be e, and on inspecting the stone I find that it is e. In fact, this old monument is one out of very few in Wales, which leaves one in no manner of doubt as to any single character implied, whether Roman or Ogam. The interpretation of the Ogam has just been dealt with in a recent paper of mine on " The Inscriptions and Language of the Northern Picts", pub- 5th seb., vol. x. 20