LGLEB/1

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

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Inscriptions


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Readings

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

Notes

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

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