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Object type: Fragment of shaft
Measurements: H. 12.5 cm (5 in); W. 16 cm (6.25 in); D. 12 cm (4.75 in)
Stone type: Not examined
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 615-7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 233
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The fragment is sub-triangular in shape with a distinct curve to the outline in the upper left. Given the apparent lack of border framing on face A as it survives, it is probable that the mouldings on faces B and D are secondary.
A (broad): To the left is the curve of a scroll stem whilst the central part of the surviving fragment is occupied by a spiral scroll terminating in a berry bunch of four pellets. Traces of a triangular veined drop leaf are in the lower right corner and there are further relief forms (? triangular leaf) to the left.
B (narrow): Incised lines form three parallel horizontal mouldings.
C (broad): Lost
D (narrow): Three parallel horizontal mouldings with, to the right, a roll-moulding border
This carving is too fragmentary to justify extended comment. The berry bunches and dropped leaf are familiar components of scrolls in the Lune valley.
