Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:102 Macalister/1949:671 Petrie/1872:35 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G. |
History: | First recorded in Petrie/1872, 25. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 50. Manning/1995, 00, includes a photo of the slab and further states that the stone is still on site. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.84 x 0.69 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; curved; none; inner curv; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909: `A celtic cross of unusual design; the ends are coiled spirally, an extra line at the termination making the spirals double, except in the base, which is of a rather different design'. Macalister/1949, 50: `wheel cross with spiral ends'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | {O}R~ || DOTHU || AT || HAL Expansion: OROIT DO THUATHAL Translation: Pray for Tuathal (PN). Petrie/1872 25 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | {O}~R~ || DOTHU || AT || HAL Expansion: OROIT DO THUATHAL Macalister/1909 20 reading only Macalister/1949 50 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
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 initial OR has a contraction mark over it, while the O is lozenge-shaped, and the R open-bowed and majuscule. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |