Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1049 Okasha/1993:33 |
Site: | MADR2 |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1949, 179: `built into the N. wall of the N. aisle, west of the entrance door'. According to Okasha/1993, 182, no other authority has seen this stone and Macalister's drawing (Plate LXIII, 1049) is the only drawing. Thomas/1994, 330: `Cannot be found; wrong location apparently cited, no other traced'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.14 x 0.27 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1949, missing 1993) |
Location: | Only record of this stone is Macalister/1949, 179--180. It was not noted as lost, however, until Okasha/1993, 182. The stone is now lost. |
Form: | Indeterminate Macalister/1949, 179: `A stone...arched in shape, and with a tenon worked at one end'. |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | URITINF/IL/IS/N[-- Expansion: URITIN FILI SN[-- Macalister/1949 180 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; ind ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Latin (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 179--180: `The lettering is the most cursive-looking script I have ever seen in any lapidary inscription -- almost like shorthand...The character read as TI is a monogram in the shape of a cross -- a T with an I forming its stem and running through the top cross bar. The two monograms of FI-LI are easily recognisable'. Okasha/1993, 182: `The text appears to have used a predominantly insular script'. |
Legibility: | n/a |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Stone not seen by anyone else, but Okasha/1993, 182, states that from the drawing other readings are possible, but that this might be a personal name.