Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:870 Petrie/1872:55 |
Site: | ATHLO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1845 Cooke, T.L. |
History: | Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `Discovered by Mr. T.L. Cooke in 1845 and published by him without an illustration. In 1872 a drawing of the slab apeared in Petrie's Corpus [Petrie/1872, Fig. 55] of inscriptions edited by Margaret Stokes who stated that it was then missing'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.51 x (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
Location: | Macalister/1949, 78, cites an undated cutting from the _Westmeath Guardian_ stating that the stone lay `a few yards to the S. E. of the now dilapidated entrance to the body of the church'. It is now lost. Macalister/1949, 78, cites an undated cutting from the Westmeath Guardian stating that the stone lay `a few yards to the S. E. of the now dilapidated entrance to the body of the church'. It is now lost. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | inc , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; inc; inc; expanded; plain; inc; outer curv; none; n/a |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 78, `...a wheel Latin cross with a square expansion at the centre, and looped ears at the terminals'. Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `The slab bears an outlined ringed cross potent with loops at the corners of the terminals and a small enclosed circle at the intersection'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~ || DO ||| THOR || PAITH Expansion: OROIT DO THORPAITH Translation: Pray for Thorpaith (PN). Petrie/1872 32, Fig. 55 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DOTHORPAITH Expansion: OROIT DO THORPAITH Macalister/1945 78 reading only |
Fanning, T. et al. (1980): | O~R~ || DO ||| THOR | PAITH Expansion: OROIT DO THORPAITH Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980 9 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | inc ; inc ; within quadrants ; separated Macalister/1949, 78: `...inscription in the cantons'. Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `The inscription is set out horizontally in two upper cantons and vertically (downwards) in the two lower cantons'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the T, I and H of the second line appear to have wedge-shaped finials. The Hs are minuscule, the Ts half-uncial with curved ascenders and flat top strokes, the R is half-uncial and the P minuscule. |
Legibility: | inc |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |