Captain James Craige

Sep 15, 1689 – Sep 15, 1775

Buried at Old Burying Ground

Transcription

In Memory of Cap_t. JAMES CRAIGE Who Dec_d Sepe_tmr y_e 15th 1775 Aged 86 years

Reader Behold and Shed a tear Think so meditate than Slumbers hear When and that Spare ofA

Surveyed On
October 17, 2015
Stone Type
slate
Tympanum
face with ornamentation, memento mori
Border
A two line medium width border wraps around the circumference of this stone. There are side panels to the left and right of the tablet. The shoulders and neck become part of the tablet.
Remark
The Memento Mori runs as a banner along the top of the tympanum. The winged face is from an earlier period with primitive renditions like a round head, eyes without eyelids, hair as a lozenge shape (seems curly) sitting on top of a blank generic neck and shoulder. The wings are depicted with two types of feathers. A small, scale-like feather is found closer to the body and longer flowing feathers are farther out on the wing. The side panels are illustrated with amorphous shapes that are abstract.
Physical Status
straight cracked
Intelligibility
readable
Biological Contaminants
minor incursion
Buried among fellow family members

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