Corpus Refs: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 43 |
Site: | TOURP |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 2001 Okasha, E. and Forsyth, K. |
History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 300: `The stone is not recorded in any published account of the stones. In a photograph possibly dating from the 1960s, preserved in the Dúchas archive (negative no. 73; see illustration [p. 300]), the stone is shown built into the east interior wall of the church to the right of slab 1 [TOURP/21], above slab 2 [TOURP/2]. The stone presumably fell out of the wall and dissappeared before repair work was done to the east wall in 1986-87'. |
Geology: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 322: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.16 x 0.25 x 0.0 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1960, missing 1986) |
Location: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 300, shows that the stone was photographed in the 1960s, but that it was missing by 1986/87. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 300: `The stone is now lost'. |
Form: | other Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 300: `The stone was part of a slab of unknown form'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Okasha and Forsyth (2001): | [--]MNE[.] Expansion: [--]MNE[.] Okasha/Forsyth/2001 301 reading only |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 301: `The text ... cannot now be reconstructed'. |
Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 300: `The text appears to have been in half-uncial script'. CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The M and N are in the rounded minuscule forms. The E is is in the closed minuscule form, found elsewhere at Toureen Peacaun only on TOURP/43. |
Legibility: | n/a Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 300: `The text appears to have been ... legible'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |