CLMAC/205

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:265
Macalister/1949:801
Petrie/1872:176
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 Stokes, M.
History:Petrie/1872, 75: `Drawn by M[argaret]. S[tokes]., from a rubbing'.

Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 65.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present 1872, missing 1899)
Location:Recorded as extant in Petrie/1872, 73, and as lost in Macalister/1899, 116.
Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 65.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; none; half-round; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 65: `Cross with circular and semicircular terminals, no loops. Triskele in centre'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/205/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):O~R~ || DOMA | [--]CHIL
Expansion:
OROIT DO [MAEL]MICHEIL
Translation:
Pray for Mael-Micheil (PN).
Macalister/1949 65 reading only
Petrie/1872 75, Plate LXXIII, Fig. 176 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~ || DOMA | [--]CHIL
Expansion:
OROIT DO MA[--]CHIL
Macalister/1949 65 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:inc ; broad ; beside cross ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the R has a wedge-shaped finial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow. The L is curved and the H is minuscule. The R is half-uncial, but of unusual shape and the M has curved top strokes.
Legibility:some
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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