ICLTA/15

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:902
Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Inishcaltra 15
Site:ICLTA
Discovery:first mentioned, 1880 Deane, T.N.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The stone was first recorded by Deane in 1880 when it was lying in the graveyard ... The stone remains in this position'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.77 x 0.52 x 0.06 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 85: `This stone is in the Saints' Graveyard, apparently in situ. It lies to the south of Teampal na bhFear nGonta and is partially turfed over'.
Form:body-slab
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The stone is a large recumbent cross-slab'.
Condition:complete , poor
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `complete but now in a poor state of preservation ... The lower part of the shaft is now very worn'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; straight; plain; round holl; none; none; angular; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1916, 158: `Cross with hollowed angles, standing on a triangular base with curved sides. Two horizontal lines run off from the sides of the stem to the edge of the slab a little above the base'.

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The face of the slab is incised with an outline Latin cross with semi-circular hollow armpits'.

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Inscriptions


ICLTA/15/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1915):ORD[.]DOMNALL
Expansion:
OROIT D[O] DOMNALL
Macalister/1916 158 reading only
Macalister/1949 91 other reference
Okasha and Forsyth (1996):O~R~[--]DOMNALL
Expansion:
OROIT [DO] DOMNALL
Translation:
A prayer for Domnall (PN).
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 86 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:W ; top ; on cross ; undivided
Macalister/1949, 91: `Inscription on the stem of the cross reading downward'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Incomplete Information (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The text uses half-uncial script'.

CISP: The lettering is in Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form, the two Ls are curved and the D and Ls each have a short extension to the left from the top of their ascenders. In the case of the M this extension to the left is atop the first ascender. The D has a closed bow and the 'ascender' looks more like a short leftward stroke from the top left of the bow.

Legibility:some
Macalister/1916, 158: `Inscription...worn and faint; but the reading is certain'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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