Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:37 Macalister/1949:626 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | First recorded in Macalister/1909, 8, and again as still on site in Macalister/1949, 46. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.48 x 0.38 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , some The right-hand edge of the slab has been broken off, taking with it the right-hand border, the right terminal of the cross and the end of the inscription. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; expanded; lozenge; cruciform; angular; none; inc |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 8: `A cross with lozenge-shaped centre and triangular arm-ends, voided, inside a plain Greek cross of double lines contained in a single-line margin.' Macalister/1949, 46: `Equilateral cross in a square'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | FINA[N] Expansion: FINA[N] Macalister/1909 8 reading only Macalister/1949 46 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; below cross ; separated The inscription is below the cross, outside the margin. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial; the letters are serifed; the A is in the `OC' form, and the ascenders of the Ns extend significantly further than the curved strokes, almost giving the appearance of Hs. |
Legibility: | some The surviving inscription is clear, but damage to the stone has resulted in the loss of the end of the name. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |