Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:237 Macalister/1949:776 Petrie/1872:82 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1843 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 39--41, does not state when the stone was found or drawn, however, Macalister/1949, 61, cites an 1843 article by Petrie on this stone. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as still extant. Macalister/1909, 45, states that the loss of the stone `is most regrettable', indicating that the stone had been lost in the interim. Macalister/1949, 61, records the stone as still lost. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.22 x 0.91 x 0.0 (converted from Petrie/1843) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1899, missing 1909) |
Location: | Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as extant, but Macalister/1909, 45, mourns its loss. Macalister/1909, 45, notes that the stone, which he had seen in 1899, was now lost, a fact confirmed by Macalister/1949, 61. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern; geometric spiral Macalister/1949, 61: `Cross with...expansions, but without the loops, containing spiral and key-pattern enrichments'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | SVIBINE:M{C} | MAILA/E | HVMAI: Expansion: SVIBINE MC MAILAE HVMAI Translation: Suibne (PN), son of Maelae Humai (PN). Macalister/1909 45 reading only Macalister/1949 61 reading only Petrie/1872 39 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 889 - 892 (Petrie/1872) Petrie/1872, 39, associates the Suibine on this graveslab with the scholar Suibne whose death was recorded by both the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the year 891 and the Annales Cambriae for 889. Macalister/1949, 61, agrees with this. |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is in an elegant form of Insular half-uncial. The B, N and M of line one have wedge-shaped finials and does the L of line two and the H of the final line. The initial S is larger than the other letters and is majuscule. The U's are V-shaped. The B has a shortish curved ascender that curves over a very circular but open bow. The N and Ms are in the minuscule forms with slightly curved top strokes. The first E is in the closed minuscule form, while the second is in the open uncial form and is ligatured with a preceding 'OC' form of A. The first A is half-uncial and the third is minuscule. The L is curved. A small superscript C has been carved above the M of line 1 and an interpunct has been placed between this M and the preceding E. |
Legibility: | n/a |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Macalister/1949, 61, agrees with this link.