| Corpus Refs: | Allen/Anderson/1903:Iona 4 Macalister/1949:1075 RCAHMS/1982:No. 6 (14) |
| Site: | IONAR |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1700 Lhuyd, E. |
| History: | Formerly in Reilig Odhráin, where it was seen by Lhwyd. About 1854 it was removed for safe-keeping to Inverary Castle (NN 096092), the seat of the Campbell Dukes of Argyll. |
| Geology: | RCAHMS/1982, 181: `mica-schist'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.84 x 0.33 x 0.0 (RCAHMS/1982) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | Inverary Castle; Now in Inverarary Castle. |
| Form: | body-slab RCAHMS/1982, 181, states that it is a fragment of a slab of mica-schist. Fisher/2001, 127: `Fragment of a slab'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some RCAHMS/1982,181: `Parts of the stone have broken off since it was first drawn by Lhuyd'. Broken at top, bottom and right edge. Surface delamination along entire right edge and bottom and bottom quarter of left edge (this portion still extant when illustrated by Lhwyd and Graham). |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; bifid; curved; none; none; ind; n/a |
| Decorations: | Allen/Anderson/1903, 400: `cross of shape 96a'. Fisher/2001, 127: `It bears an incomplete Latin cross with forked terminals'. |
| Allen, R. (1903): | +O~R~DOMAILFATAR | IC Expansion: + OROIT DO MAILFATARIC Translation: Pray for (the soul of) Mailpatrick (PN). (i.e. the tonsured servant of Patrick) Allen/Anderson/1903 400 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | OR DO MAILFATARIC Expansion: OROIT DO MAILFATARIC Macalister/1949 193 reading only |
| RCAHMS (1982): | + O~R~DOMAILFATAR | IC Expansion: + OROIT DO MAILFATARIC Translation: A prayer for Maíl-Phátraic (PN). RCAHMS/1982 181 reading only |
| Fisher, I. (2001): | +O~R~DOMAILFAT[..] | [..] Expansion: + OROIT DO MAILFAT[ARIC] Translation: A prayer for Mail-Phatraic (PN). Fisher/2001 127 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; outside cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | incised |
| Date: | 800 - 899 (RCAHMS/1982) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Fisher/2001, 127: `Old Irish'. |
| Palaeography: | RCAHMS/1982, 181: `half-uncial'. Fisher/2001, 127: `half-uncial'. |
| Legibility: | some RCAHMS/1982, 181: `the last four letters of the inscription, recorded by Lhuyd and Graham, were lost about 1852'. Fisher/2001, 127: `The last four letters of the inscription were lost about 1852'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | |
| Doubtful: | no |