Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:848 |
Site: | LGLEB |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1949, 70, n.1: `This stone comes from Lynally Glebe, Ballycowan Barony'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.56 x 0.2 x 0.13 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | National Museum of Ireland Macalister/1949, 70, states that the stone is in the National Museum of Ireland. |
Form: | fragment |
Condition: | incomplete , poor The stone is very badly broken, with only a small section carrying part of the inscription surviving. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | OR | ARA[...] | AINCA[-- Expansion: OROIT AR A[NM]AIN CA[--] Translation: CISP: A Prayer for the soul of Ca[--] (PN). Macalister/1949 70 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A's are in the `OC' form. The R's are minuscule and the example in the first line has a further upwards stroke rising to the right from the bottom of the oblique stroke. |
Legibility: | some The text which survives seems clear. |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |