Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:549 Petrie/1878:13 |
Site: | FUERT |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1862 Kelly, D.H. |
History: | Petrie/1878, 12: `This stone was discovered by Mr. D.H. Kelly in the year 1862...Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Fuerty, in the year 1865'.
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Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.79 x 0.64 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest |
Form: | cross-slab Macalister/1949: `Fragment of a slab'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: inc; linear; expanded; half-round; curved; angular; none; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 14: `a five-line cross within a lozenge-shaped frame; circular and semi-circular expansions in centre and terminals, bearing interlacing and key patterns'. |
Petrie, G. (1865): | O~R~ || ARMOIL[-- Expansion: OROIT AR MOIL[-- Translation: Pray for Moil[--] (PN). Petrie/1878 12 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ || ARMOR[-- Expansion: OROIT AR MOR[-- Macalister/1949 14--15, Plate IV concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant Macalister/1949, 14: `Inscription reading downwards in the sinister cantons'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The bow of the A is lozenge-shaped much like those seen at Monaincha (MONAI/1, MONAI/2, MONAI/5 and Limsore (LISMR/3 and LISMR/4). The Rs are angular but half-uncial, the second example with a decorative serif atop the ascender. |
Legibility: | inc Macalister/1949, 14--15: `There might have been a few more letters (not more than three) in the upper dexter canton'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |