Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:535 |
Site: | KBRCN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1878 Petrie, G. |
History: | |
Geology: | Higgins/1987, 382: `limestone'. |
Dimensions: | 1.18 x 0.14 x 0.0 (Higgins/1987) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | other Higgins/1987, 382, records that this stone is now `incorporated into the interior of the west wall of Temple Brecan on Inishmore, Aran Islands'. Macalister/1949, 7: `built into the inner face of the W. wall of St. Brecan's church, near the S. corner'. |
Form: | name-slab Higgins/1987, 382: `a semi-rectangular slab'. |
Condition: | inc , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ARIICANOIN Expansion: OROIT AR CANOIN Translation: A prayer for the two Canons. Macalister/1949 7 concise discussion |
Higgins, J.G. (1987): | ORARIICANOIN Expansion: OROIT AR CANOIN Higgins/1987 363 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | n/a ; inc ; n/a ; inc Macalister/1949, 7: `The edge of the stone only exposed. It bears a raised band upon which is the inscription'. |
Incision: | pocking Higgins/1987, 382: `The background [of the inscription] has been made by pocking with a small point'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Gaulish (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. One of the minuscule Ns is rounded, the other has a flattish top. The two A's also differ from each other. One is in a normal minuscule form, the other is almost square. One of the Os is smaller than the others, and the two Rs are also different from each other. One is shaped like an open-bowed P, the other more like a normal half-uncial R. The final I and N may have wedge-shaped finials. |
Legibility: | some Higgins/1987, 382: `Both the inscription and the band of stone could have originally been longer .. The end of the inscription has recently (1985) been vandalised making the reading of the last four letters of the inscription difficult to decipher'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |