Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:93 Macalister/1949:662 Petrie/1872:51 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1846 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 30: `This inscription was noticed by Dr. Petrie in the year 1846'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 49. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.04 x 0.61 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , some The initial A of the second line has been lost to flaking on the stone. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; inner curv; other; plain |
Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 30: `An Irish cross, quadrate at the centre, and with spiral terminations to the shaft'. Macalister/1909, 18: `Quadrate Celtic cross of two marginal lines; they terminate at the base in two spirals, one single, the other double.' |
Petrie, G. (1869): | OROIT | ARFERDAM | NA || CH Expansion: OROIT AR FERDAMNACH Translation: Pray for Ferdamnach (PN). Petrie/1872 30 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | OROIT | [A]RFERDAM | NA || CH Expansion: OROIT AR FERDAMNACH Macalister/1909 18 reading only Macalister/1949 49 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated The inscription is largely above the cross, yet the third line is interrupted by the upper arm. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A's are in the `OC' form; the E is closed; the Rs are open-bowed and majuscule and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. Some of the letters also have wedge-shaped finials, seen most clearly on the D. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1909, 18: `the A [at the beginning of the second line] is lost by a flake'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |