Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:54 |
Site: | KLLOE |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1916 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 58: `Discovered in 1916, built into the wall surrounding the cathedral enclosure: now set up on a supporting stone inside the building'. Gippert/Web, Ogham 54, records the stone in the same location. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.89 x 0.46 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 58: `now set up on a supporting stone inside the building [cathedral]'. Barnes/Hagland/Page/1997, 53: `It now stands at the west end of the cathedral nave'. |
Form: | cross-base Macalister/1945, 58: `the stem of a cross'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 58: `the upper part is lost'. Barnes/Hagland/Page/1996, 53: `The stone surface is weathered'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | figural Macalister/1945, 58, `Two lines traverse the inscriptions in the manner of a saltire, with a small cross intercepted between them...The face opposite to the Runic inscription bears a crucifix with some ornament above it, crudely designed and executed'. Barnes/Hagland/Page/1997, 56: `...the back of the cross has some crude relief decoration, apparently a Crucifixion'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | [..]URGRIMRIS{T}I | [..]USTHINA Expansion: [TH]URGRIM RISTI [KR]US THINA Translation: Thorgrim (PN) carved this cross. Macalister/1945 58 reading only |
Gippert, J. (1981): | [E]URKRIMRISTI | [K]RUSEINA Expansion: [E]URKRIM RISTI | [K]RUS EINA Gippert/Web Ogham 54 reading only [Gippert 54] |
Page, R.I. et al. (1997): | --]{*}UR{K}RI[.]+RISLI+ | [K]RUS{*}INA Expansion: --]{*}UR{K}RI[.]+RISLI+ | [K]RUS{*}INA Barnes/Hagland/Page/1997 54 substantial discussion |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; below cross ; other |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | norse (runic) |
Ling. Notes: | Barnes/Hagland/Page 1997, 54--55, provides a full discussion of the linguistics of this inscription. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 58: `the T in RISTI has, by a blunder, been drawn mirror-wise, so that it is actually of the shape of a Runic L'.
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Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 1 |
Doubtful: | no |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | BENDACHT [-- | TOROQR[-- Expansion: BENDACHT [AR] | TORGR[IM] Translation: A blessing upon Thorgrim (PN). Barnes/Hagland/Page/1997 55--56 substantial discussion Macalister/1945 59 reading only |
Gippert, J. (1981): | BEANDACHT [ ] | TOROQR[-- Expansion: BENDACHT [AR] | TOROQR[IM] Gippert/Web Ogham 54 reading only [Gippert 54] |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 899 - 1199 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 130, dates this inscription to the period after the seventh century on the grounds that the oghams are scholastic. |
Language: | Goidelic (oghms) |
Ling. Notes: | Barnes/Hagland/Page/1997, 55--56, provides a discussion of the inscription, and Macalister and Marstrander's analyses of it. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |