CLMAC/84

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:114
Macalister/1949:680
Petrie/1872:57
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 inc
History:Recorded as on site in Petrie/1872, 33, and as still on site in Macalister/1949, 51.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.71 x 0.43 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , some
There appears to have been some flaking at the top of the stone.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; cruciform; inner curv; other; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 23: `A Celtic cross with invecked intersections, defined by a two-line margin which terminates in spirals below'.

Macalister/1949, 51: `Wheel cross, spirals at lower end'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/84/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):O~T~ AR | HU{I}D || RINE
Expansion:
OROIT AR HUIDRINE
Translation:
Pray for Uidrine (PN).
Petrie/1872 32--33 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):OT AR | HU{I}D || RINE
Expansion:
OT AR HUIDRINE
Macalister/1909 23 reading only
Macalister/1949 51 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated
The first line of the inscription is above the cross, and the second line is within the two upper quadrants.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A is in the `OC' form; the R's are majuscule; the ascender of the D is vertical; the E is three-pronged with an elongated ascender and the first I appears to have been added between the U and D after a realisation that it had been omitted.
Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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