TIHIL/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:595
Site:TIHIL
Discovery:first mentioned, 1897 Williams, S. de C.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:1.14 x 0.74 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , poor
OBrien/Sweetman/1997, 105, speaks of a `badly eroded inscription', and while the cross is clear in the photo, the inscription is not.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; inc; straight; expanded; square; angular; none; none; decorated
Decorations:

OBrien/Sweetman/1997, 105: `decorated with a cross potent with hollowed centre and terminals'.

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Inscriptions


TIHIL/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~DO || OGAIN
Expansion:
OROIT DO OGAIN
Macalister/1949 42, Plate XXXVII concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; quadrant
Macalister/1949, 42: `running down the sinister side'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The G and R are half-uncial, the A and N minuscule and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow.
Legibility:poor
OBrien/Sweetman/1997, 105: `badly eroded inscription'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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