TOURP/39

Corpus Refs:Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 28
Site:TOURP
Discovery:first mentioned, 2001 Okasha, E. and Forsyth, K.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270: `The stone is not mentioned in any work on the stones. It is likely to have been found in 1944 and built into the east wall when the other stones were built in between September and December 1944'.
Geology:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 322: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:0.215 x 0.23 x 0.0 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'.
Form:cross-slab
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270: `The stone is part of the slab of unknown form'.
Condition:incomplete , some
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270--271, makes clear that only a small portion of the slab survives.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: arcs; outline; expanded; curved; plain; circular; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270: `Incised on the visible face are the remains of an encircled cross-of-arcs'.

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Inscriptions


TOURP/39/1

Readings

Okasha and Forsyth (1996):[--][.]OSED
Expansion:
[--][.]OSED
Translation:
[--]osed (PN).
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 271 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; below cross ; undivided
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270: `a single horizontal line of text below' the cross.
Incision:
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270: `The text is in half-uncial script'.

CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The S is half-uncial in form, and like on TOURP/11, TOURP/23, TOURP/17, TOURP/7 and TOURP/49 the E is in the capitalis form.

Legibility:poor
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 270: `rather deteriorated'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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