CLMAC/75

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:102
Macalister/1949:671
Petrie/1872:35
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G.
History:First recorded in Petrie/1872, 25.

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

Manning/1995, 00, includes a photo of the slab and further states that the stone is still on site.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.84 x 0.69 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; curved; none; inner curv; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909: `A celtic cross of unusual design; the ends are coiled spirally, an extra line at the termination making the spirals double, except in the base, which is of a rather different design'.

Macalister/1949, 50: `wheel cross with spiral ends'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/75/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):{O}R~ || DOTHU || AT || HAL
Expansion:
OROIT DO THUATHAL
Translation:
Pray for Tuathal (PN).
Petrie/1872 25 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):{O}~R~ || DOTHU || AT || HAL
Expansion:
OROIT DO THUATHAL
Macalister/1909 20 reading only
Macalister/1949 50 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it, while the O is lozenge-shaped, and the R open-bowed and majuscule. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow.
Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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