CLMAC/138

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:187
Macalister/1949:734
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J.
History:Macalister/1909, 36, records the stone as still on site.

Macalister/1949, 57, records the stone as still on site.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.84 x 0.3 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 57, records the stone as still on site.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1909, 36: `A fragment of which part of the surface has been flaked away'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 36: `a cross of three lines, with the usual expansions...containing key-patterns'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/138/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):O~R~D
Expansion:
OROIT D(O)
Macalister/1909 36 reading only
Macalister/1949 57 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:800 - 899 (Petrie/1872)
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial O has a contraction mark over it and tapers downward to a point; the R is majuscule and open bowed and the D has an ascender that bends to the left over an open bow.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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