ATHLO/3

Corpus Refs:none
Site:ATHLO
Discovery:first mentioned, 1978 O'Brien, G.
History:Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `Found by Mr. Gearoid O'Brien on 27 March 1978 and now in the Castle Museum, Athlone.'
Geology:Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:0.84 x 0.59 x 0.1 (Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980)
Setting:in display
Location:Castle Museum, Athlone
Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `now in the Castle Museum, Athlone.'
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , some
Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `a small fragment is missing from one side'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; other; square; cruciform; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:band; frame; geometric key pattern

Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `It bears a ringed cross within a rectangular frame, the vertical measurment being only slightly greater than the horizontal. The cross has a square in the centre and the terminals are slightly expanded, square, and bear conventional foliage decoration. The arms of the cross have a fret pattern of interlocking T type. The ring is small, narrow and plain. The frame consists of a broad band of a continuous fret pattern of the interlocking L type.'

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Inscriptions


ATHLO/3/1

Readings

Fanning, T. et al. (1980):AILILLAUE | DUNCHATHO
Expansion:
AILILL AVE DUNCHATHO
Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980 7 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided
Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `The inscription is in two horizontal lines above the panel'.
Incision:cut
Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `clearly cut'.
Date:764 - 764 (Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980)
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in a very pronouned 'OC' form and the I's, Ls, U's and D have wedge-shaped finials. The three Ls are all curved, the E is in the closed minuscule form and the Hs are also minuscule. The T is half-uncial with a curved ascender and a flat top stroke. The D has an open bow and a vertical ascender. The U's are made up of one vertical stroke and one curved stroke which joins it. The vertical stroke continues below the join with the curve. The N is minuscule.
Legibility:good
Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `clearly cut and complete'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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