TOURP/26

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:App. 18
Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 4
Site:TOURP
Discovery:arch excav, 1944 Duignan, M.V.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 235: `The stone was found in the summer of 1944 during excavation at the site ... It was a stray find from the vicinity of the ruined church ... During September to December 1944 the east wall of the church was rebuilt, incorporating many of the inscribed stones, including this one. The stone has remained there since'.
Geology:Macalister/1949, 213: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:0.19 x 0.36 x 0.055 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 235: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'.
Form:cross-slab
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 235: `The stone is an apparently complete slab of irregular rectangular shape'.
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; n/a; none; plain
Decorations:

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 235: `Incised on the visible face of the stone [is] ... an outline equal-armed cross'.

References


Inscriptions


TOURP/26/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):DONGUS
Expansion:
DONGUS
Macalister/1949 213 reading only
Okasha and Forsyth (1996):DON || GUS
Expansion:
DONGUS
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 236 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:inc ; broad ; beside cross ; separated
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 235: `The text, which is complete, is set in a single horizontal line, interrupted by the lower cross arm'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 235: `The text is in half-uncial script'.

CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The first ascender of the U has a wedge-shaped finial at the top. The S is majuscule, the U is flat-bottomed, the G in the classic half-uncial form and the D has a vertical ascender and an open bow.

Legibility:poor
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 235: `The text is ... slightly deteriorated'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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