| Corpus Refs: | Henderson/Okasha/1992:12 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Tullylease 3 |
| Site: | TULYS |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1933 Leask, H.J. |
| History: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1: `Now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin...NMI 1933:3322...Recorded in 1933 by Leask'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.21 x 0.18 x 0.04 (Henderson/Okasha/1992) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | National Museum, Ireland (Cat: NMI 1933:3322) Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1: `Now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin'. |
| Form: | Indeterminate |
| Condition: | frgmntry , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: inc; outline; ind; ind; ind; ind; ind; ind; decorated |
| Decorations: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 3: `incised with part of the upper arm of a framed cross'. |
| Okasha, E. (1992): | --][.]ANT | --][.E]D~ Expansion: --][.]ANT[--][.E]D~ Henderson/Okasha/1992 12, Plate Ib reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant Henderson/Okasha/1992, 12: `incised in the upper left quadrant of a cross-slab'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 733 - 766 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 127: `middle of the eighth century'. |
| Language: | Indeterminate (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 12: `the text is too fragmentary to be interpreted'. |
| Palaeography: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 14: `Insular majuscule script'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 126: `The remaining letters are in half-uncial script and are legible'. CISP: The lettering is in Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form, while the T and N appear to have wedge-shaped finials. The D has a flat stroke atop its ascender and a short rightward stroke from the bottom of the ascender. The N has a similar stroke, in this case turned upwards, and again another such decorative stroke appears on the T. The overall effect is of rather elaborate letters. The vertical ascender of the D is relatively unusual in Early Medieval Irish inscriptions. It is a shame that none of the other Tullylease inscriptions contain the letter D, as this might have been another disticntive letter form, along with the angular C, E, and S, that might be attributed to this monastery. |
| Legibility: | poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 126: `The remaining letters are ... legible'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |