TOURP/17

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:App. 9
Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 7
Site:TOURP
Discovery:arch excav, 1944 Duignan, M.V.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 240: `The stone was found in the summer of 1944 during excavations at the site ... It was a stray find from the rubble around stone no. 40 (East Cross) [TOURP/8] .. During September to December 1944 the east wall of the church was rebuilt, incorporating many of the inscribed stones, including this one. The stone has remained there since'.
Geology:Macalister/1949, 213: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:0.265 x 0.25 x 0.035 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 239: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'.
Form:cross-slab
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 240: `The stone is part of a slab of unknown form'.
Condition:incomplete , poor
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc
1: equal-armed; outline; expanded; plain; plain; none; n/a; none; plain
Decorations:

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 240: `an outline equal-armed cross with slightly expanded arms'.

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Inscriptions


TOURP/17/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):--]ER | L[EM][--
Expansion:
--]ERL[EM][--
Macalister/1949 213 reading only
Okasha and Forsyth (1996):[--]ER || LE[--]
Expansion:
[--]ERLE[--]
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 241 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:inc ; inc ; within quadrants ; separated
Macalister/1949, 213: `writing in lower cantons'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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