Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:79 Macalister/1949:653 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1899 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | This inscription is probably that recorded in Macalister/1899, 117, no. 102. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 48. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.61 x 0.43 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , some The left edge of the stone is damaged, taking with it some of the cross. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; plain; circular; outer curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 16: `a cross with square expanding arm-ends, in each of which is a small stroke, all contained in a double-line circle'. Macalister/1949, 48: `cross in a circle, with square expansions at terminals'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | MARCUS Expansion: MARCUS Macalister/1909 16 reading only Macalister/1949 48 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated The inscription is above the cross and outside the margins. It is also very cramped against the top of the stone. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A is in the `OC' form; the R is angular and majuscule; the S is minuscule, and the M has a short stroke to the right from the top of the last ascender. |
Legibility: | good The inscription seems clear. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |