TOURP/38

Corpus Refs:Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 27
Site:TOURP
Discovery:recognised, 1944 Duignan, W.V.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 268: `The stone was found in the summer of 1944 during excavation at the site ... It was a stray find from the rubble around stone no. 40 (the 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:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 322: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:0.095 x 0.165 x 0.0 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 268: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'.
Form:other
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 269: `The stone is a fragment of a slab of unknown form'.
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 269: `a fragment'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


TOURP/38/1

Readings

Okasha and Forsyth (1996):[--]OTM[.][--
Expansion:
[--]OTM[.][--
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 269 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (rbook)
Ling. Notes:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 269: `too fragmentary to be interpreted'.
Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 269: `The text is in half-uncial script'.

CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The T has a vertical ascender and a horizontal stroke near its top. The uppermost point of the ascender and the left-hand end of this stroke are joined by a curve. This T and the M are conjoined.

Legibility:some
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 269: `The text is ... slightly deteriorated'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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