Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:202 Macalister/1949:744 Petrie/1872:135 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Stokes, M. |
History: | First mentioned in Petrie/1872, 62, with no record of the stone having been found by either Petrie or Graves. The stone was, presumably therefore, first noticed by Margaret Stokes herself. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 39, and Macalister/1949, 59. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.3 x 0.25 x 0.04 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab Macalister/1909, 39: `fragment of a cross probably...in a rectangular panel'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , poor Macalister/1909, 39: `fragment of a cross'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: inc; inc; straight; ind; ind; angular; ind; ind; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 39: `fragment of a cross probably...within a rectangular panel'. Macalister/1949, 59: `fragment of a cross which has apparently been in a rectangular frame'. |
Stokes, M. (1872): | --]AITH Expansion: --]AITH Macalister/1909 39 reading only Petrie/1872 62 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | --]LITH Expansion: --]LITH Macalister/1909 39 reading only Macalister/1949 59 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; inc ; inc |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The minuscule H has a wedge-shaped finial stop its ascender. The T has a curved ascender and a flat top-stroke, while the top of the I is serifed. |
Legibility: | poor Only the I and T survive intact, although the final H is pretty certain. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |