| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 22 |
| Site: | TOURP |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1944 Duignan, W.V. |
| History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 262: `The stone was found in the summer of 1944 during excavation at the site ... It was a stray find but Waddell and Holland do not record exactly where it was found ... During September to December 1944 the east wall of the church was rebuilt, incorporating many of the inscribed stones, including this one. The stne has remained there since'. |
| Geology: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 322: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.11 x 0.11 x 0.01 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 262: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'. |
| Form: | other Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 262: `The stone is a fragment of a slab of unknown form'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 262: `a fragment'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | [--]BA[.][-- Expansion: [--]BA[.][--] Okasha/Forsyth/2001 262 reading only |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 262: `The space above the text suggests that there may not have been further text there. However there is no way of knowing how much other text is lost from either end or from below, nor if the stone originally contained a cross'. |
| Incision: | |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Indeterminate (mixed) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 262: `script uncertain'. CISP: The initial B is half-uncial with an open bow and a curved ascender with a wedge-shaped finial at the top. The A is of a form likely to be Insular decorative capitals. It has a flat top-stroke and an X-shaped cross-bar like on TOURP/32. |
| Legibility: | poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 262: `The text is highly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |