CLMAC/254

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:1088
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:0.56 x 0.41 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 198--199: `A one-line cross with bifid terminals, the cantons reinforced with angle-pieces'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/254/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):SOIRBERGE
Expansion:
SOIRBERGE
Macalister/1949 198--199, Plate LXVI listing

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:inc ; broad ; above cross ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:786 - 791 (Macalister/1949)
Macalister/1949, 199.
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The initial S is half-uncial as is the G and first R. The second R appears to be more majuscule in form. The Es are in the closed minuscule form and the B has a curved ascender and an open bow. The ascender is topped by a bifurcated serif. The top of the I also appears to have a serif.
Legibility:some
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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