CLMAC/129

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:174
Macalister/1949:725
Petrie/1872:124
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1878 Petrie, G.
History:First recorded in Petrie/1878, 58.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 35, and Macalister/1949, 56.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.64 x 0.3 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1909, 35: `the stone was much more complete when drawn by Petrie [1878] (no. 124), he shows the whole sinister side...the dexter side was broken as it is now'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; ind; none; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 34--35: `fragment bearing the base of a five-line cross, with looped terminal containing a key pattern'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/129/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):O~R~D || OHUAR | [--] || [--][.]
Expansion:
OROIT DO HUAR [--
Translation:
Pray for Uar...(PN).
Petrie/1872 58, Plate XLIX reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):--] || UAR | [--] || [--]P
Expansion:
--]UAR[--]P
Macalister/1909 35 reading only
Macalister/1949 56 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The U has a rounded bottom; the R is majuscule and the bow of the P is left open by a curled flourish.

Petrie/1872, Fig. 124, showed an initial OR with contraction mark, and a D with an ascender that bends to the left over an open bow.

Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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