CLMAC/30

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:37
Macalister/1949:626
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:First recorded in Macalister/1909, 8, and again as still on site in Macalister/1949, 46.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.48 x 0.38 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
The right-hand edge of the slab has been broken off, taking with it the right-hand border, the right terminal of the cross and the end of the inscription.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; linear; straight; expanded; lozenge; cruciform; angular; none; inc
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 8: `A cross with lozenge-shaped centre and triangular arm-ends, voided, inside a plain Greek cross of double lines contained in a single-line margin.'

Macalister/1949, 46: `Equilateral cross in a square'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/30/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):FINA[N]
Expansion:
FINA[N]
Macalister/1909 8 reading only
Macalister/1949 46 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; below cross ; separated
The inscription is below the cross, outside the margin.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial; the letters are serifed; the A is in the `OC' form, and the ascenders of the Ns extend significantly further than the curved strokes, almost giving the appearance of Hs.
Legibility:some
The surviving inscription is clear, but damage to the stone has resulted in the loss of the end of the name.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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