FUERT/1

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'.

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'.

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Inscriptions


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Readings

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

Notes

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

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