CLMAC/115

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:153
Macalister/1949:711
Petrie/1872:149
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J.
History:Petrie/1872, 67: `Drawn by M[argaret].S[tokes]., from a rubbing of the stone taken by the Rev. James Graves in 1869'.

Macalister/1949, 55, records the stone as still on site.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.48 x 0.51 x 0.0688 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1909, 30: `the top of the stone has gone'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; ind; decorated
Decorations:other

Macalister/1909, 30: `a curious cross, in which the stem is two-line, the arms four-line, and the circular central expansion three-line...There is a triskellion on the intersection'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/115/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1869):[......] || ELCHIARAN
Expansion:
[OROIT DO MA]ELCHIARAN
Petrie/1872 66 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):--] || ELCHIARAN
Expansion:
[MA]ELCHIARAN
Macalister/1909 30 reading only
Macalister/1949 55 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
The inscription as it now survives is in one line running down the stone in the lower right quadrant.
Incision:inc
Date:1079 - 1101 (Lionard/1961)

1079 - 1079 (Petrie/1872)
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The E is three-pronged; the R is majuscule and the top of the L has a wedge-shaped finial.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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