BLYGH/2

Corpus Refs:Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Ballymorereagh 1
Site:BLYGH
Discovery:first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 137: `The stone was recorded by Macalister as `lying on the window-sill' of the oratory Teampall Geal at Ballymorereagh ... It subsequently disappeared and was recorded as missing by Cuppage[/etal/1986, 270]'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.26 x 0.26 x 0.04 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:Lost (present , missing )
Location:unknown
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 136: `The stone is now lost'.
Form:cross-slab
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 137: `The stone was a thin square slab'.
Condition:n/a , n/a
Macalister/1949, 95: `the face of the stone is badly battered'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 95: `On one face is an equal-armed cross with expanding ends'.

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BLYGH/2/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O || R | AR || TH
Expansion:
OR ARTH
Macalister/1949 95 reading only
Okasha and Forsyth (2001):O || R | AR || TH [--
Expansion:
OROIT AR TH[--
Translation:
A prayer for Th[--] (PN).
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 137 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
Macalister/1949, 95: `In the cantons'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 137: `Macalister gave no indication as to the form of the script'.
Legibility:n/a
Macalister/1949, 95: `The whole is so uncertain that I do not enumerate it in the series'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

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