CLMAC/8

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:8
Macalister/1949:604
Petrie/1872:167
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J.
History:Petrie/1872, 72: `Drawn by M[argaret]. S[tokes]., from a rubbing of the stone taken by the Rev. James Graves, in 1869.'
Geology:
Dimensions:0.91 x 0.3 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:name-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
A large flake of stone has broken away from the bottom of the slab.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


CLMAC/8/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1869):DÍCHOE[M]
Expansion:
DICHOE[M]
Petrie/1872 72 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):DÍCHOEN
Expansion:
DÍCHOEN
Macalister/1909 2 reading only
Macalister/1949 43 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The script is half-uncial. The D has an ascender bending to the left over an open heart-shaped bow; the E is three-pronged with an elongated middle stroke, and the I has an accent over it.
Legibility:some
The text as we have it is clear, although the flaking may have taken with it further letters of text.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References