TGENE/2

Corpus Refs:Higgins/1987:103
Macalister/1949:530
Site:TGENE
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 Ferguson, S.
History:
Geology:Higgins/1987, 383: `limestone'.
Dimensions:1.15 x 0.87 x 0.0 (Higgins/1987)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Higgins/1987, 383: `This stone is incorporated in the outside of the N. wall of Teaghlach Éinne, Inishmore, Aran Islands...It is incorporated side-ways in the wall and is in secondary position'.

Macalister/1949, 5: `built into the S. wall of the church'.

Form:Incomplete Information
Higgins/1987, 383, notes that its inclusion into the wall precludes a full examination, but comments that it `is a large subrectangular block'.
Condition:inc , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):OROITAR | SCANDLAN
Expansion:
OROIT AR SCANDLAN
Translation:
CISP: A Prayer for Scandland.
Macalister/1949 5, Plate II minor reference
Higgins, J.G. (1987):OROITAR || SCA{N}DLAN
Expansion:
OROIT AR SCANDLAN
Higgins/1987 383, Fig. 99, Plate 50A concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:Not Applicable
Position:inc ; inc ; n/a ; ind
Incision:pocked
Higgins/1987, 383: `The letters are large and boldly cut and have been executed by pocking with a point. The pocking is deep and neatly done'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Higgins/1987, 383: `The letter N is ligatured or seems to have been left out and inserted as an afterthought'.

Macalister/1949, 5: `the first N has evidently been omitted accidentally and subsequently inserted'.

CISP: The lettering is a very angular Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form and the R, I, N and D have wedge-shaped finials. The Rs are in an angular half-uncial form, the bows of the A's are square and the minuscule N has a flat top. The half-uncial T is also angular. The D has a vertical ascender and an open bow and the S is half-uncial. Between the A and D of the second line there is a small and raised curved minuscule N.

Legibility:inc
Lines:2
Carving errors:y
Doubtful:no

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