TUAM/2

Corpus Refs:Harbison/1992:216--217
Macalister/1949:523
Site:TUAM
Discovery:first mentioned, 1853 Petrie, G.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:0.65 x 1.66 x 1.1 (Harbison/1992)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Macalister/1949, 2: `the pedestal of the superb cross in the market-place at Tuam'.
Form:cross-base
Condition:frgmntry , some
Macalister/1949, 2: `much injured and are partly obscured by the cement which helps to secure the monument in its place'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:animal; figural; geometric ribbon interlace

Harbison/1992, 175:

`EAST SIDE (Fig. 600-602)

Base (216), (Fig. 602)

Above a plinth, there are two panels of animal ornament in the Urnes style which flank the rounded base of a now lost upright member which presumably supported the arm of the original cross-head. It is possible that such a support may have been of a material other than stone...

SOUTH FACE (Figs. 603-605 and 612)

Base (216), (Figs. 603 and 1025)

Plinth: Inscription (Fig. 1025) -- On the plinth there is an inscription...Two clerics stand in high relief beside one another at the centre of the main face of the base. That on the right wears a (?) chasuble over an alb, with the right forearm raised and the left seemingly holding a crozier. The other figure lacks the chasuble but the left arm, which is placed across the body, may carry a (?) maniple. Panels of Urnes-style animal interlace are placed beside the two figures...

WEST SIDE (Figs. 606, 608-609)

Base (216)(Fig. 606)

Similar to that on the east side, though without any visible inscription on the plinth, and with slightly differing animal ornament in the panels.

NORTH FACE (Fig. 607, 610-11, 613)

Base (216), (Fig. 607)

Plinth: Inscription (Fig. 1024)

The inscription on the plinth is damaged...The base is similar to that on the south face (Fig. 603), though with slightly different animal ornamentation'.

References


Inscriptions


TUAM/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):+[OROIT]DOTHAIRDELBUCH:UCHONCHUBUIR:DONDRIG | [OCUSDO][--][B]RAFLATH[U]SIN[--]DORIGNEI[-]SAETHARSO
Expansion:
+OROIT DO THAIRDELBUCH : UCHONCHUBAIR : DOND RIG OCUS DO [B]RAFLATH U SIN[--]DO RIGNE I[N] SAETHAR SO
Translation:
A prayer for Toirdelbach o Conchoboir and for [B]raflath o Sin [or Sir] who did this work.
Macalister/1928 2 Incomplete Information
Macalister/1949 2 concise discussion
Harbison, P. (1992):[OR]DOTHOIRDELBUCHUCH[ON]CHUBUIR [--]ARLATHSINDE[RN]ADINSAE[--
Expansion:
[OR] DO THOIRDELBUCH UI CH[ON]CHUBUIR DONT [--]ARLATH S INDE[RN]ADINSAE[--
Translation:
Prayer for Turlough O'Connor for the...of Iarleth by whom was made.
Harbison/1992 175 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:S ; base ; below cross ; inc
Incision:inc
Date:1126 - 1156 (Macalister/1949)
Macalister/1949, 2, states that the king mentioned in this inscription reigned from 1106 to 1156, and that the abbot Aed o Oissin was abbot from 1126 to 1161, making a date for the monument of c, 1126-1156.
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1949, 3, discusses the loss of the initial letter of the craftsman's name, finally suggesting a lost [B].
Legibility:some
Macalister/1949, 2--3, notes that the inscriptions are `much injured and are partly obscured by the cement which helps to secure the monument in place'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

References


TUAM/2/2     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):[+][OROITDOAED] UOSSIN : DONDABBAID[ICANDERNAD]
Expansion:
+OROIT DO AED UOSSIN : DOND ABBAID IC A NDERNAD
Translation:
A prayer for Aed o Oissin, for the abbot [at whose house it was done].
Macalister/1949 3 concise discussion
Harbison, P. (1992):[ORDO]UOSSINDONDABBAID[LASANDE]RN[AD]
Expansion:
[OR DO] U OSSIN DOND ABBAID {LASA NDE]RN[AD]
Translation:
Prayer for the O Hossin, for the Abbot, by whom was made.
Harbison/1992 176 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:N ; base ; below cross ; inc
Incision:inc
Date:1126 - 1156 (Macalister/1949)
Macalister/1949, 2, states that the king mentioned in this inscription reigned from 1106 to 1156, and that the abbot Aed o Oissin was abbot from 1126 to 1161, making a date for the monument of c, 1126-1156.
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:n/a
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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