Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:17 Macalister/1949:613 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1909, 4, is the first record of the stone, recording that, `this inscription I found almost buried at the head of a grave, and had it brought with the rest into the chapel'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 44. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.43 x 0.61 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1909) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1949, Plate X, shows damage to the stone on the bottom left, but this does not seem to have damaged the inscription, so it may have pre-dated the use of the stone. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 4: `a cross pattee'. Macalister/1949, 44: `plain cross'.
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Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | +O~R~D | OMA/EL | BREND | AIN Expansion: + OROIT DO MAEL BRENDAIN Macalister/1909 4 reading only Macalister/1949 44 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc Macalister/1909, 4: `The lettering is broad, shallow and rather worn'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The intial OR has a contraction mark over it, and is preceded by a textual cross; the Es are three-pronged and rounded, the Ds are open-bowed with a vertical ascender; the second A is in the `OC' form; the R is majuscule, the ascender of the B has a wedge-shaped finial, as may the L. The A/E in MAEL may be ligatured. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1909, 4: `The lettering is...rather worn, and it requires careful scrutinising to make sure of the accuracy of a copy'.
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Lines: | 4 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |