File:Dwarfie stane inscription by Bruce McAdam.jpg
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English: This is an inscription in Persian calligraphy on the Dwarfie Stane. It was left by captain William Henry Mounsey of Castletown and Rockcliffe, who camped here in 1850, and reads: "I have sat two nights and so learnt patience". Above the Persian is his name written backwards in Latin. The complete text is "YESNVOM SVMLEILVC". Visible here is "ELMVS MOVNSEY"; in mirror writing: "YESNVOM SVMLE". Mounsey was a British spy who worked in Persia and Afghanistan. After his retirement he wandered in the UK dressed in a Jewish outfit and visited the Neolithic rock-cut tomb. He was born in 1808 and christened at Saint Cuthbert's Church in Carlisle in Cumbria, had a military career and became an amateur archaeologist (c.1850). He wrote about the Celtic culture (c.1860) and lived for some time at the Castletown House near Carlisle (c.1870). He died in Carlisle in 1877. |
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Source | Arabic Graffiti |
Author | Bruce McAdam from Reykjavik, Iceland |
Camera location | 58° 53′ 18.3″ N, 3° 18′ 46.41″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 58.888418; -3.312893 |
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"Mounsey" in reverse
"ELMUS" in reverse ("SUMLE"). Last part of his firstname "GULIELMUS".
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot A620 |
Exposure time | 1/80 sec (0.0125) |
F-number | f/4 |
Date and time of data generation | 10:01, 7 September 2006 |
Lens focal length | 12.565 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 180 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 180 dpi |
File change date and time | 10:01, 7 September 2006 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
Exif version | 2.2 |
Date and time of digitizing | 10:01, 7 September 2006 |
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APEX shutter speed | 6.3125 |
APEX aperture | 4 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.625 APEX (f/3.51) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire, auto mode |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
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Focal plane resolution unit | inches |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
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White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Scene capture type | Standard |