INBOF/2

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:874
Site:INBOF
Discovery:first mentioned, 1917 Crawford, H.S.
History:Now lost.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.53 x 0.36 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Form:cross-slab
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: whlcr; inc; inc; spirals; inc; cruciform; inc; inc; inc
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 79: `a wheel-like cross fitchée, small spirals at the terminals'.

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Inscriptions


INBOF/2/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):MAELMARTAIN
Expansion:
MAEL MARTAIN
Macalister/1949 79 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down up
Position:inc ; broad ; inc ; inc
Macalister/1949, 79: `Inscription running down the sinister and up the dexter side'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. Two of the A's are in the 'OC' form. The R and T are half-uncial and the Ms and N are in their minuscule forms. The first A is minuscule and the E in the open uncial form and the following L are conjoined.
Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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