Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:227 Macalister/1949:767 Petrie/1872:58 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
Location: | unknown |
Form: | fragment |
Condition: | frgmntry , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; cruciform; inner curv; other; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 44: `A Celtic cross with invecked intersections, defined by a two-line margin which terminates in spirals below'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~DO[C]HATHAC Expansion: OROIT DO CHARTHAC Translation: Pray for Carthac[h] (PN). Expansion: OROIT DO [C]HARTHAC[H] Macalister/1909 44 minor reference Macalister/1949 61 listing Petrie/1872 33, Plate XXIII, Fig. 58 minor reference |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form. The R is half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. It also appears to have a wedge-shaped finial. The Hs are minuscule and the T is half-uncial with a curved ascender and a flat top-stroke. |
Legibility: | inc |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |