CLMAC/209

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:806
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:recognised, 1949 Molloy
History:Macalister/1949, 65, states that this stone was found by Mr. Molloy, or his son, in the period between 1909 and 1949.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.47 x 0.0 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:fragment
Condition:frgmntry , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; inc; ind; other; ind; ind; ind; ind; ind
Decorations:

Maclalister/1949, 65--66: `Top of a cross in a rectangular frame, with a key-pattern cresting'.

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CLMAC/209/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):COL | {O}RA
Expansion:
COLORA
Macalister/1949 66, Plate XXXIV reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:inc ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided
Macalister/1949, 66, `[there are] on the dexter side fragments of two lines of writing, COLORA'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form, the L is curved and the R is majuscule. The first O is oval-shaped and the second is a lozenge-shaped O.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 66: `The L might possibly be a B, but on the whole, the reading adopted is the more probable. There is a stroke above and between the CO, not here reproduced, apparently cut but of no significance'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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