Corpus Refs: | Henderson/Okasha/1992:13 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Tullylease 4 |
Site: | TULYS |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1930 Linehan, J. |
History: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 6: `found `resting on the top of stone no. 1 [TULYS/1]' by John Linehan of Ballinaguila, Tullylease. It is not clear when Linehan found this stone but he handed it to Leask on 10 July 1930...Leask deposited the stone in the National Museum on 12 July 1930'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.08 x 0.11 x 0.02 (Henderson/Okasha/1992) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | National Museum, Ireland (Cat: NMI 1930:186) Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1: `Now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin...NMI 1930:186'. |
Form: | Indeterminate |
Condition: | frgmntry , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Okasha, E. (1992): | --][..E]S[..][-- | --][T]/AT/IST/U[D][-- | --][.][-- Expansion: --][..E]S[..][--][T]ATIS TU[D][-- Henderson/Okasha/1992 13 reading only |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 128: `The stone is an undecorated fragment that contains parts of three lines of text incised horizontally on its face'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 733 - 766 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 128: `middle of the eighth century'. |
Language: | Latin (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 128, states that the text is 'probably' Latin. |
Palaeography: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 14: `Insular majuscule script'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 128: `The text uses half-uncial script but only the second line contains any completely legible letters'. CISP: The lettering is in Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the letter T is conjoined with the following letter in a manner reminiscent of many Insular manuscripts. The E and S are angular in form such as on TULYS/1, TULYS/2 and TULYS/5. |
Legibility: | poor Henderson/Okasha/1992, 13: `only the second line contains any complete letters'. |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |