Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:589 Petrie/1878:73 |
Site: | CLARD |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1782 Ashworth, J. |
History: | Petrie/1878, 63: `Two drawings of this inscription were found among Dr. Petrie's papers. The first was made by J. Ashworth, in the year 1782...the second drawing appears to have been made by Dr. Petrie himself'. Macalister/1949, 39: `now lost with the general destruction of the site. Copies are on record made by a certain J. Ashworth, 1782, and by Petrie, who saw something of the remains before they were so completely removed'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1878, missing 1949) |
Location: | The stone was drawn by Petrie and published by Miss Stokes as Petrie/1878, no. 73. However, by Macalister/1949, it was no longer to be found. |
Form: | other The dimensions of this stone are nowhere recorded so it is difficult to assign a form. It does, however, appear to have been substantially worked. The stone could also have been placed upright as a pillar, or been recumbent. |
Condition: | complete , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Hennessy, W. (1878): | --]MEINDINGINMEICCSRAPPAN Expansion: [OROIT DO] MEIND INGIN MEICC SRAPPAN Translation: (Pray for) Mend (PN), daughter of the son of Srappan (PN). Macalister/1949 39 reading only Petrie/1878 63 reading only |
Petrie, G. (1878): | --]MEINDINGINMEICCSRAPPAN Expansion: [OROIT DO] MEIND INGIN MEICC SRAPPAN Petrie/1878 63 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | Petrie/1878, 63: `As ingin is the dative singluar of ingen, Meind must also be dative singular, and its nominative probably Mend (now written meann), which is said to mean 'illustrious', 'manifest' and 'dumb'. These two datives may be governed by the do of the usual formula Oroit do, which has either been lost or is to be understood'. |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The Es are in the open uncial form; the ascender of the D bends over the bow to the left; the G is half-uncial; the bows of the A's are quite angular and the R is majuscule. The Ms and N are minuscule with curved top strokes. |
Legibility: | inc |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |