CLMAC/61

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:88
Macalister/1949:657
Petrie/1872:99
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G.
History:The stone is first recorded in Petrie/1872, 49, and is recorded as still at the site in Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 17, and Macalister/1949, 49.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.91 x 0.72 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , some
Some of the bottom of the stone has fractured away.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; inner curv; ind; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 17: `A quadrate Celtic cross with double-line margin, every intersection mitred. The carelessness of the engraver in setting out the central square is curious; the two dexter angles are treated differently from the sinister, and from each other'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/61/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):RON ||| AIN
Expansion:
RONAIN
Macalister/1909 17 reading only
Petrie/1872 49 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):[R]ON ||| AIN
Expansion:
RONAIN
Macalister/1909 17 reading only
Macalister/1949 49 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; separated
Macalister/1909, 17: `Inscription in two upper cantons'.

Incision:inc
Date:759 - 844 (Lionard/1961)
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A is in the `OC' form and the R is majuscule.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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