CLMAC/63

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:90
Macalister/1949:659
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:First recorded in Macalister/1909, 18.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 49.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.23 x 0.15 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Macalister/1909, 18: `small fragment...apparently of the head of a Celtic cross'.
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Macalister/1909, 18: `fragment, much scaled'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; outline; straight; plain; ind; ind; ind; ind; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 18: `apparently of the head of a Celtic cross'.

Macalister/1949, 49: `Fragment bearing the head of a...cross'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/63/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):O~T~ | DO [--
Expansion:
OROIT DO [--
Macalister/1909 18 reading only
Macalister/1949 49 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; mixed ; undivided
The inscription begins above and to the left of the upright of the cross and continues further down the upright.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OT has a contraction mark over it, and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1909, 18: `much scaled'.

All that survives is four letters of what must have been a longer inscription.

Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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