Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:526 |
Site: | TPBNN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Ferguson, S. |
History: | |
Geology: | Higgins/1987, 327: `limestone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.5 x 0.41 x 0.12 (Higgins/1987) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Higgins/1987, 327: `it is set in the ground, though not very deep'. |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | frgmntry , good Higgins/1987, 327, notes that some of the upper part of the stone `is now lost'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: inc; outline; ind; inc; inc; none; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | Higgins/1987, 327: `a two-line Latin cross with an inscription...spread across its two lower cantons'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~AR || MAINACH Expansion: OROIT AR MAINACH Translation: CISP: A Prayer for Mainach (PN). Macalister/1949 4, Plate II minor reference |
Higgins, J.G. (1987): | O~R~AR || MAINACH Expansion: OROIT AR MAINACH Higgins/1987 327, Fig. 49, Plate 29A concise discussion |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; separated Higgins/1987, 327: `inscription spread across its lower cantons'. |
Incision: | pocked Higgins/1987, 327: `The lines are evenly and accurately pocked, probably with a small point'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Higgins/1987, 327: `half uncials ... Petrie's drawing of the letter-forms is also inaccurate and confusing'. CISP: The lettering is half uncial. The A's are shaped like the bows of minuscule Ds with a vertical stroke joined at top and bottom by a single curved stroke out to the left. The Rs are half-uncial and the M, N and H minuscule. |
Legibility: | inc |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |