CLMAC/170

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'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/170/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

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