| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:928 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Monaincha 3 |
| Site: | MONAI |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1866 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1878, 37: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie from the stone itself ... This monument has now disappeared'. Macalister/1949, 102: `Now lost, and known only from a drawing by Petrie'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 204: `first recorded by Petrie who made a drawing of it ... Petrie's drawing is initialled but not dated, but it must pre-date his death in 1866. ... Monaincha 3 [this stone] was lost before 1878'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.78 x 0.48 x 0.0 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
| Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
| Location: | unknown Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 204: `The stone is now lost'. |
| Form: | otherwise unclassified Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 204: `[published drawing] shows what appears to be a semi-circular tenon projecting from one of the narrow sides of the stone: the stone is thus most readily explained as a component of a larger structure, for example the tenoned arm of a free-standing cross'. Petrie/1878, 37: `a portion of a cross'. |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | other Petrie/1878, 37: `The design upon this stone appears however to belong to a later period than the twelfth century'. Macalister/1949, 102: `Stone apparently bearing a heart-shaped figure laid upon a saltire. Inscribed below the heart'. |
| Petrie, G. (1878): | O~R~ARDO[M][-- Expansion: OROIT DO DO[M-- Translation: Pray for Dom[..] (PN). Petrie/1878 37, Fig. 51 concise discussion |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DODO[N^M][-- Expansion: OROIT AR DO[N^M-- Macalister/1949 102 reading only |
| Okasha and Forsyth (2001): | O~R~ARDO[.][-- Expansion: OROIT AR DO[MNALL] Expansion: OROIT AR DO[NNAN] Okasha/Forsyth/2001 205 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | ind ; broad ; n/a ; undivided Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 204: `The text is incised in one line across the full width of the lower, untenoned, edge of the stone'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 204: `The script used was half-uncial with a maximum letter H. of c. 6 cm'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form, and the final letter appears to have had a wedge-shaped finial atop its first ascender. The two Rs are both majuscule with open bows and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open angular bow. The second O is oval-shaped rather than round like the first one. |
| Legibility: | n/a Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 204: `Petrie's drawing shows the text as legible except for the last letter which appears to be damaged'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 205: `The popular male personal name Domnall might fit into the available space'.