Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:174 Macalister/1949:725 Petrie/1872:124 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1878 Petrie, G. |
History: | First recorded in Petrie/1878, 58. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 35, and Macalister/1949, 56. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.64 x 0.3 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1909, 35: `the stone was much more complete when drawn by Petrie [1878] (no. 124), he shows the whole sinister side...the dexter side was broken as it is now'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; ind; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 34--35: `fragment bearing the base of a five-line cross, with looped terminal containing a key pattern'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~D || OHUAR | [--] || [--][.] Expansion: OROIT DO HUAR [-- Translation: Pray for Uar...(PN). Petrie/1872 58, Plate XLIX reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | --] || UAR | [--] || [--]P Expansion: --]UAR[--]P Macalister/1909 35 reading only Macalister/1949 56 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The U has a rounded bottom; the R is majuscule and the bow of the P is left open by a curled flourish. Petrie/1872, Fig. 124, showed an initial OR with contraction mark, and a D with an ascender that bends to the left over an open bow. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |