| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:892 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Inishcaltra 5 |
| Site: | ICLTA |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1880 Deane, T.N. |
| History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 62: `The stone was first recorded by Deane in 1880 when it was lying in the graveyard in its present position'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.45 x 0.46 x 0.06 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 61: `This stone is in the Saints' Graveyard, apparently in situ, in the middle of a composite kerbed structure of three (formerly five) recumbent slabs'. |
| Form: | body-slab Macalister/1916, 154: `Slab...This is the only inscribed stone on the island that bears no cross'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 63: `The stone is a large recumbent slab'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 63: `now broken into three large pieces with several small pieces missing. The stone appears to have been damaged quite considerably since it was first recorded'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 63: `it appears likely that the slab was never decorated'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1915): | O~R~DOMACCU Expansion: OROIT DO MACCU Macalister/1916 154 reading only Macalister/1949 89 reading only |
| Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | O~R~DOMACCU[.][-- Expansion: OROIT DO MACCU[-- Translation: A prayer for Maccu[-- (PN) Okasha/Forsyth/2001 63 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
| Position: | inc ; top ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 1100 - 1199 (Macalister/1916) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1916, 154: `There is a mark after the U which looks like an I; this would turn the name into Maccui: but after a more minute examination I came to the conclusion it was a mere flaw. The doubled letter is C, not L, as I had read it on one of my earlier visits'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 63: `The text uses half-uncial script'. CISP: The lettering is in Insular half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The R is majuscule and the M has a short stroke to the left from the top of the first ascender and the A has a short stroke to the right, from the bottom right corner of its bow. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |