LEMAN/1

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'.

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Stokes, M. (1872):RETA[R]
Expansion:
RETA[R]
Petrie/1872 60 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):--]RETAH
Macalister/1949 77 concise discussion

Notes

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

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