TPBNN/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:526
Site:TPBNN
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 Ferguson, S.
History:
Geology:Higgins/1987, 327: `limestone'.
Dimensions:0.5 x 0.41 x 0.12 (Higgins/1987)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Higgins/1987, 327: `it is set in the ground, though not very deep'.
Form:name-slab
Condition:frgmntry , good
Higgins/1987, 327, notes that some of the upper part of the stone `is now lost'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; outline; ind; inc; inc; none; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Higgins/1987, 327: `a two-line Latin cross with an inscription...spread across its two lower cantons'.

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~AR || MAINACH
Expansion:
OROIT AR MAINACH
Translation:
CISP: A Prayer for Mainach (PN).
Macalister/1949 4, Plate II minor reference
Higgins, J.G. (1987):O~R~AR || MAINACH
Expansion:
OROIT AR MAINACH
Higgins/1987 327, Fig. 49, Plate 29A concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; separated
Higgins/1987, 327: `inscription spread across its lower cantons'.
Incision:pocked
Higgins/1987, 327: `The lines are evenly and accurately pocked, probably with a small point'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Higgins/1987, 327: `half uncials ... Petrie's drawing of the letter-forms is also inaccurate and confusing'.

CISP: The lettering is half uncial. The A's are shaped like the bows of minuscule Ds with a vertical stroke joined at top and bottom by a single curved stroke out to the left. The Rs are half-uncial and the M, N and H minuscule.

Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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