Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:14 Macalister/1949:610 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1899 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | First recorded as Macalister/1899, no. 160. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 44. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.41 x 0.18 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | Indeterminate |
Condition: | incomplete , poor The piece is broken around all its edges, but the surviving stone seems in reasonable condition. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | --]MUIR[--] | [--]MURTH[--] | [--]ISTIUS E[--] | [--]PONTI[--] | NESOPH[--] | TESITU[S][-- Expansion: --]MUIR[CERTACH FILIUS] MURTH[--]ISTIUS E[CCLESIAE--]PONTI[FICE][--]NE SOPH[--]TESITUS[-- Macalister/1909 3 reading only Macalister/1949 44, Plate X reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; inc ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Latin (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The first two ascenders of the Ms are joined by a curved stroke at the bottom; the Rs are majuscule; the Es are closed and the Ps have open bows. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 44: `Fragment bearing six lines of writing...but too much broken for certain restoration'. |
Lines: | 6 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |