CLMAC/14

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:14
Macalister/1949:610
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1899 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:First recorded as Macalister/1899, no. 160.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 44.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.41 x 0.18 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:Indeterminate
Condition:incomplete , poor
The piece is broken around all its edges, but the surviving stone seems in reasonable condition.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/14/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):--]MUIR[--] | [--]MURTH[--] | [--]ISTIUS E[--] | [--]PONTI[--] | NESOPH[--] | TESITU[S][--
Expansion:
--]MUIR[CERTACH FILIUS] MURTH[--]ISTIUS E[CCLESIAE--]PONTI[FICE][--]NE SOPH[--]TESITUS[--
Macalister/1909 3 reading only
Macalister/1949 44, Plate X reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; inc ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Latin (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The first two ascenders of the Ms are joined by a curved stroke at the bottom; the Rs are majuscule; the Es are closed and the Ps have open bows.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1949, 44: `Fragment bearing six lines of writing...but too much broken for certain restoration'.
Lines:6
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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