Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:154 Macalister/1949:712 Petrie/1872:152 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1848 Todd |
History: | Petrie/1872, 68: `Drawn by M[argaret].S[tokes]., from a rubbing taken by the Rev. Dr. Todd, in 1848'. Macalister/1949, 55, records the stone as still on site. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.79 x 0.53 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern; other Macalister/1909, 31: `A rudely executed three-line cross, with a circular central expansion containing a triskelion, and semicircular terminals containing a key-pattern'. |
Petrie, G. (1848): | O~R~ || DOMAEL | MAIRE Expansion: OROIT DO MAELMAIRE Translation: Pray for Maelmaire (PN). Macalister/1909 31 reading only Macalister/1949 55 reading only Petrie/1872 68 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in two lines running down the stone. The first line is in the two right-hand quadrants, the second line only in the lower left quadrant. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 1106 - 1106 (Petrie/1872) 1106 - 1106 (Lionard/1961) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it; the O is spherical; the first R is minuscule and the 2nd majuscule; the D is closed-bowed; the 1st E is three-pronged and the 2nd E is closed; the 2nd R, the I, L, and M's each have a short stroke to the right from either the top or bottom of the first ascender. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 168, accepts this identification.