CLMAC/153

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:209
Macalister/1949:750
Petrie/1872:5
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 17: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie in 1822. It is no longer to be found'.

Macalister/1909, 42, and Macalister/1949, 60, record the stone as still lost.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present 1822, missing 1872)
Location:Petrie/1872, 17, states that the stone was drawn by Petrie in 1822, but was no longer to be found at the time of publication.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; outline; straight; n/a; plain; none; inner curv; ind; plain
Decorations:

Petrie/1872, 17: `the circle crossed by prolonged shaft and arms. It seems an early development of the Irish cross'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/153/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):FOR || COS
Expansion:
FORCOS
Macalister/1909 42 reading only
Macalister/1949 60 reading only
Petrie/1872 16 reading only

Notes

Orientation:circular
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The F and R have wedge-shaped finials. The R and S are half-uncial and the F has a flat top stroke making it look more formal than the other letters.
Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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