Social:Wroxeter stone
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The Wroxeter Stone is a stone unearthed at Wroxeter, England, in 1967.[1] It bears an inscription in an Insular Celtic language, identified by the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project (CISP) at UCL as "partly-Latinized Primitive Irish".[2]
Inscription
The text of the inscription reads:[1] CVNORIX | MACVSM/A | QVICO[L]I[N]E
This is traditionally rendered into words as:[2] CVNORIX MACVS MAQVI COLINE
Translation:[2] Cunorix son of Maqui Coline, where Cunorix and Maqui Coline are personal names.
See also
- Cynric of Wessex
Notes