Corpus Refs: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Inishcaltra 22 |
Site: | ICLTA |
Discovery: | arch excav, 1970 de Paor, L. |
History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 99: `The stone was apparently found by de Paor, probably between 1970 and 1972 during his excavations at Inishcaltra'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.51 x 0.33 x 0.06 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | on site Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 99: `This stone is inside the ruins of St Caimin's church. It is cemented in an inverted position to its south wall, fifth from the east end'. |
Form: | cross-slab Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 99: `small cross-slab'. |
Condition: | complete , some Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 100: `The stone is complete. … The text is now rather deteriorated'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; angular; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 100: `One face is dressed and incised with an outline Latin cross with square expansions at the terminals and crossing. The cross, which is only slightly taller than it is broad, is enclosed in a double outline frame'. |
Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | FLA[ITH] || BERTA | CH Expansion: FLA[ITH]BERTACH Translation: Flaithbertach (PN). Okasha/Forsyth/2001 100 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 100: `The text is incised in two horizontal lines and is complete. It is set inside the upper two quadrants of the cross'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 700 - 799 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 100, directs the reader to the discussion of ICLTA/20 on p. 97 in which a date centred upon the eighth-century is proposed. |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 100: `The text uses half-uncial script with a maximum letter H. of 3 cm. The text is now rather deteriorated'. |
Legibility: | poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 100: `The text is now rather deteriorated'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |