ATHLO/4

Corpus Refs:none
Site:ATHLO
Discovery:first mentioned, 1979 O'Brien, G. et al.
History:Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `Discovered in the graveyeard on 21 April 1979 by Mr. Gearoid O'Brien and Miss Angela Hanley and now in the Castle Museum, Athlone'.
Geology:Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:in display
Location:unknown
Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `now in the Castle Museum, Athlone'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `This is the upper half only of a sandstone slab'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:figural; geometric ribbon interlace; geometric spiral

Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `a sandstone slab bearing a richly decorated ringed cross. The cross has a square panel at the centre filled with interlace and rectangular expansions at the ends of lozenge-shaped arms. The three surviving arms are decorated with spirals comprising a series of linked triskeles. The three surviving rectangular expansions are all decorated with double band interlace.

Outside the ring are the symbols of St. Mark and St. Luke, each holding a framed tablet or book, the winged lion on the left and winged calf on the right.'

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Inscriptions


ATHLO/4/1

Readings

Fanning, T. et al. (1980):OR || DO | [--]
Expansion:
OROIT DO [--]
Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980 9 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow and the R is half-uncial in form.
Legibility:some
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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