116 



Inscribed Homan Stones oe Dumiiuesshire. 



Pennaut, who read SACGAMIDIAUVS as one word, seems to 

 have been greatly puzzled with this iuscription. '• I did not fail," 

 he tells us, " consulting the learned on this occasion, but they rung 

 such a number of changes on the words that T content myself 

 with giving the plainest reading." 



DEAE 

 HARIMEL 

 LAE . SAC C4A 

 MIDI AH VS 

 ARC + VSLLM 



Fig. 2. (Scale, iV.) 



The altar is dedicated to Ilariniella, otherwise unknown, the 

 tutelary deity, no doubt of a district with which the dedicator 

 was in some way connected. The fourth character in the last line 

 is + , not X , as Pennant. -^ is here perhaps a variety of - -, 

 which so often represents IT. We may thus expand : — Deae 

 Harimellae sac[ruiii). Gamidiahus arcit{ectus) viohwi) s{olvit) 

 l(ibens) l{ubens) mierito) ; i.e., " Sacred to Ilariniella. AVillingly, 

 gladly, deservedly, Gamidiahus, the architect, has performed his 

 vow." 



7. Same recent history as No. G. 



An altar of the same type as the preceding, but somewhat 

 larger, being 2 ft. h\ in. high, 1 ft. 5-^ in. broad at the top, and 

 1 ft. thick. It is similarly ornamented, but with 

 the addition of a crescent resting on a pyramidal 

 support between the volutes. The inscription is 

 very much weather-worn. Without the aid of 

 Pennant's text and figure it could hardiy be read 

 now. 



DEAE VIRADEC 

 TBI PAGVS CON 

 DRVSTIS MILIT 

 IN COM H TVN 

 (JROR SVB SILV 

 O AVSPICE PR.EF 



