CLMAC/103

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:139
Macalister/1949:699
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:First recorded in Macalister/1909, 28.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.48 x 0.36 x 0.03 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; ind; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 28: `A fragment of a three-line cross with one arm-end remaining; it has a semi-circular terminal expansion showing a peculiar compromise between `voiding' and the key-pattern, not found elsewhere'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/103/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):[O~]R~ || DOD[V][--
Expansion:
[O]ROIT DO DV[--
Macalister/1909 28 reading only
Macalister/1949 53 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
The inscription is in one line running downwards through the two right-hand quadrants.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The fragmentary R appears majuscule and has a small piece of a contraction mark over it; the D's each have an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow, and the U is V-shaped with the two strokes each curving slightly outwards.
Legibility:some
Only part of the R and part of the V survive, but the other letters are clear.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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