CLMAC/98

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:134
Macalister/1949:694
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1899 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:First recorded in Macalister/1899, 119.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53,

Geology:
Dimensions:0.34 x 0.61 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 27: `Side and portion of the arm of a cross' of the half-round terminations and circular central expansion type.

Macalister/1949, 53: `part of a Latin cross' with half-round expansions.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/98/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1899):--]DAM[--
Expansion:
[FER]DAM[NACH]
Macalister/1899 119 reading only
Macalister/1909 27 reading only
Macalister/1949 53 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open heart-shaped bow. The A is also open-bowed and the top of the first ascender of the M has a short leftwards stroke.
Legibility:some
The M, the last of the three surviving letters, has lost its final ascender.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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