CLMAC/72

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:99
Macalister/1949:668
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:First recorded in Macalister/1909, 20.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 50.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.79 x 0.47 x 0.04 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1909, 20: `much mutilated and worn'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; outer curv; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 20: `A Celtic cross of most peculiar type...It seems to have a three line margin, with small loops to the angles; but the panels in the cantons are open below in an unusual manner, and a small fragment of the dexter arm that remains seems to show that it was not shaped in the ordinary manner'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/72/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):ORDOAIN[.]EL
Expansion:
OROIT DO AIN[G]EL
Macalister/1909 20 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):ORDOAISSCEL
Expansion:
OROIT DO AISSCEL
Macalister/1949 50 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial O appears to be open-topped; the R is majuscule and open and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The E appears to be three-pronged, with an elongated middle stroke.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1909, 20: `much scaled and injured, and no reading can be certain; the nearest I can get...can only be a suggestion'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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