LEMAN/3

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:868
Site:LEMAN
Discovery:first mentioned, 1911 Crawford, H.S.
History:
Geology:Crawford/1911, 154: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.07 x 0.71 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:cross-slab
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; inc; round holl; none; inner curv; tenon; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 78: `a wheel-cross fitchée'.

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Inscriptions


LEMAN/3/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):+BENDACTFORAN | [MA]IN AILBERTIG
Expansion:
BENDACHT FOR AN[MA]IN AILBERTIG
Macalister/1949 78, Plate XLII concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:n/a ; head ; above cross ; panel
Macalister/1949, 78: `inscription above the head, inverted with respect to the cross'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. Two of the A's are in the 'OC' form and the final I, as well as the initial B with an open bow have wedge-shaped finials. The Es are in the closed minuscule form and the Ns are also minuscule. The D has a vertical ascender and an open bow. The Ts, F, G and Rs are half-uncial and the L is curved.
Legibility:inc
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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