Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:136 Macalister/1949:696 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G. |
History: | First recorded in Petrie/1872, 50. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.71 x 0.51 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; plain 2: equal-armed; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; n/a |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 27, argues for the stone having half-round terminations, a circular central expansion and that it `bears a small crosslet potent' in the centre of this circle. Macalister/1949, 53, argues for the same. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~ || DO | M || ARTAN | ÁN Expansion: OROIT DO MARTANÁN Translation: Pray for Mártanán (PN). Petrie/1872 50 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ || DO | M || ÁRTAN | ÁN Expansion: OROIT DO MÁRTANÁN Macalister/1909 27 reading only Macalister/1949 53 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription runs in three lines downwards through all four quadrants. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the 2nd O tapers downwards to a point; the M has a short leftwards stroke from the top of its first ascender and also wedge-shaped finials on the descenders, as does the final N; the 1st and 3rd A's have accents over them, and the 1st A is in the `OC' form. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |