Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:866 Petrie/1872:129 |
Site: | LEMAN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Stokes, M. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 60: `Drawn by M[argaret] S[tokes]. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
Location: | unknown |
Form: | Incomplete Information |
Condition: | frgmntry , poor |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; interlace; inc; inc; inc; angular; inc; inc; decorated |
Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 60, describes the interlace: `The design of the very beautiful ornament upon this stone...was formed of a band so interlaced as to make a large cross of the Maltese pattern, with a smaller cross at the centre: and the angles are filled in with four larger and four smaller triquetra knots, all flowing from the graceful interweaving of a single band'. Macalister/1949, 77, recorded the cross on this stone: `Equal-armed cross in cave rilievo in a square panel, made up of elaborate interlacing'. |
Stokes, M. (1872): | RETA[R] Expansion: RETA[R] Petrie/1872 60 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | --]RETAH Macalister/1949 77 concise discussion |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the final letter (either an H or R) appears to have a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender. The T is half-uncial with a curved ascender and a flat top stroke and the E is in the open uncial form. The initial R is majuscule. |
Legibility: | inc Petrie/1872, Plate LII shows the inscription in relatively good condition. It is now lost, however. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |