CLMAC/21

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:21
Macalister/1949:617
Petrie/1872:54
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:First recorded in Petrie/1872, 32.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 44.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.47 x 0.33 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:name-slab
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1909, 5, speaks of `a roughness' and `an old flake in the surface of the stone'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 5: `a small latin cross pattee'.

Macalister/1949, 44: `a small latin cross'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/21/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):O~R~DO | CUM SI
Expansion:
OROIT DO CUMSI
Translation:
Pray for Cumsi (PN).
Macalister/1909 5 reading only
Macalister/1949 44 reading only
Petrie/1872 31 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~DO | CUM[U]SI
Expansion:
OROIT DO CUMUSI
Macalister/1949 44 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:800 - 899 (Petrie/1872)
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark; the D is open-bowed with the ascender curving over the bow to the left; the S is majuscule and some of the letters are serifed.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1909, 5: `the last letter is injured by a flake, but it is unquestionably an I'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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