Stone/stonework
grave marker
Pillow stone
Object number
LDSAL704.1
Production date
10th century
Production place
East Anglia
Material
stone
Technique
Carving
incised
incised
Dimensions
height: 335mm
width (At Top): 207mm
width (At Base): 212mm
depth: 92mm
width (At Top): 207mm
width (At Base): 212mm
depth: 92mm
Location
Royal Society of Chemistry -
Content description
Obverse: The panel is filled with a Latin cross in high relief that rises directly from the lower edge of the stone and is outlined by a continuous incised line. The centre of the cross is pierced by a small hole.
Reverse: The panel on this face is filled with the profile head of a beast turned to the left. The jaw is held open, although the muzzle is lost in the break to the stone on the upper left. The end of the lower jaw is marked by a protruding triangle and a small band under the eye. Two horizontal tendrils that terminate in fleshy curls on the right extend from the back of the head, while the body devolves into two strands that form a loop under the head and terminate in a series of curls, three of which hang down to the lower right-hand corner of the stone. Next to these and extending across the lower band to the left, are four semi-circular elements.
The carving is contained on both sides and across the top of the stone by a flat edge-moulding, and a broad, flat roughly dressed band across the bottom.
Reverse: The panel on this face is filled with the profile head of a beast turned to the left. The jaw is held open, although the muzzle is lost in the break to the stone on the upper left. The end of the lower jaw is marked by a protruding triangle and a small band under the eye. Two horizontal tendrils that terminate in fleshy curls on the right extend from the back of the head, while the body devolves into two strands that form a loop under the head and terminate in a series of curls, three of which hang down to the lower right-hand corner of the stone. Next to these and extending across the lower band to the left, are four semi-circular elements.
The carving is contained on both sides and across the top of the stone by a flat edge-moulding, and a broad, flat roughly dressed band across the bottom.
References
Reference (free text)
Antiquaries Journal, 1931, Vol xi, 133-5, pls.
Reference (free text)
Burgess, F., English Churchyard Memorials, fig. 12, 83.
Saxon pillow stone; grave marker carved on one side with a Latin cross in high relief, and on the other with the body and head of a beast.