| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 8 |
| Site: | TOURP |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1944 Duignan, W.V. |
| History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 241: `The stone was found in the summer of 1944 during excavation at the site ... It was a stray find from the rubble around stone no. 40 (the East Cross) [TOURP/8] ... 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: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 322: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.115 x 0.1 x 0.0 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 241: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'. |
| Form: | other Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 242: `The stone is a fragment of a slab of unknown form'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 242: `fragment'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: ind; outline; ind; ind; plain; ind; ind; ind; plain |
| Decorations: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 242: `On the visible face are incised parts of two lines, each with a right angle; they appear to have formed part of the underside of a transom and the shaft of a cross'. |
| Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | [--]A || R[--] Expansion: [--]AR[--] Okasha/Forsyth/2001 242 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 242: `One letter remains in each of the two lower quadrants'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Indeterminate (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 242: `The text reads [--]a r[--] but is too fragmentary to be interpreted. |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 242: `The text is in capitals'. CISP: The cross-bar of the capital A is formed by an X, and the letter also has a flat-top. The R is similar in form to that often found in half-uncial inscriptions, but with the addition of a small stroke to the left from the top of the ascender and the angular, rather than curved aspect of the 'foot' it is fair to see this letter as capitalis rather than half-uncial. |
| Legibility: | poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 242: `The text is ... rather deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |