KDEAS/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:958
Site:KDEAS
Discovery:first mentioned, 1935 Lowry-Corry, D.
History:Macalister/1949, 123, states that the stone was found within the cemetery of parish church of Killadeas, and that it was first published by Lady D. Lowry-Corry in 1935.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.57 x 0.91 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 123: `The cemetery of the parish church of Killadeas'.
Form:body-slab
Macalister/1949, 123: `a slab'.
Condition:complete , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; interlace; expanded; other; plain; none; outer curv; other; n/a
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 23: `On the reverse face a semée of cup-shaped hollows, indicating an earlier appropriation of the stone. The obverse face bears a cross pattée in a circle, enriched with triquetras upon the expansions of the arms, and interlacements (now defaced beyond recovery) in the cantons. The cross is mounted on a stem, forked below, and supported, as it were, upon a boat-shaped base'.

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):BENDACHT | ARART | ULUR | CAIN
Expansion:
BENDACHT AR ART U LURCAIN
Translation:
A blessing upon Art ua Lurcáin (PN).
Macalister/1949 123, Fig. XVII reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:inc ; broad ; beside cross ; undivided
Macalister/1949, 123: `on the dexter side of the stem'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: Insular half-uncial with the 'OC' A, majuscule R, curved L and T and a D with the an ascender which bends to the left over the bow.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1949, 123, states that the inscription is `much defaced', and is also equivocal about his reading.
Lines:4
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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