CLMAC/38

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:53
Macalister/1949:634
Petrie/1872:2
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G.
History:First recorded in Petrie/1872, 15, and again as still on site in Macalister/1949, 46.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.36 x 0.38 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
The stone consists largely of the bottom-left quadrant of the cross. The rest is lost.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; linear; straight; expanded; lozenge; angular; none; none; n/a
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 11: `Single-line cross, with lozenge at centre and triangular arm-ends, inside a single-line margin'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/38/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):COM[--
Expansion:
COM[--
Macalister/1909 11 reading only
Macalister/1949 46 reading only
Petrie/1872 15 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; below cross ; separated
The inscription is below the cross and outside the margin.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The M has a short stroke to the left from the top of its first ascender.
Legibility:good
The letters we have are clear, but according to Macalister/1909, 11: `the rest [is] fractured away'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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