| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:870 Petrie/1872:55 |
| Site: | ATHLO |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1845 Cooke, T.L. |
| History: | Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `Discovered by Mr. T.L. Cooke in 1845 and published by him without an illustration. In 1872 a drawing of the slab apeared in Petrie's Corpus [Petrie/1872, Fig. 55] of inscriptions edited by Margaret Stokes who stated that it was then missing'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.51 x (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
| Location: | Macalister/1949, 78, cites an undated cutting from the _Westmeath Guardian_ stating that the stone lay `a few yards to the S. E. of the now dilapidated entrance to the body of the church'. It is now lost. Macalister/1949, 78, cites an undated cutting from the Westmeath Guardian stating that the stone lay `a few yards to the S. E. of the now dilapidated entrance to the body of the church'. It is now lost. |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | inc , inc |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; inc; inc; expanded; plain; inc; outer curv; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 78, `...a wheel Latin cross with a square expansion at the centre, and looped ears at the terminals'. Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `The slab bears an outlined ringed cross potent with loops at the corners of the terminals and a small enclosed circle at the intersection'. |
| Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~ || DO ||| THOR || PAITH Expansion: OROIT DO THORPAITH Translation: Pray for Thorpaith (PN). Petrie/1872 32, Fig. 55 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DOTHORPAITH Expansion: OROIT DO THORPAITH Macalister/1945 78 reading only |
| Fanning, T. et al. (1980): | O~R~ || DO ||| THOR | PAITH Expansion: OROIT DO THORPAITH Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980 9 reading only |
| Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
| Position: | inc ; inc ; within quadrants ; separated Macalister/1949, 78: `...inscription in the cantons'. Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `The inscription is set out horizontally in two upper cantons and vertically (downwards) in the two lower cantons'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the T, I and H of the second line appear to have wedge-shaped finials. The Hs are minuscule, the Ts half-uncial with curved ascenders and flat top strokes, the R is half-uncial and the P minuscule. |
| Legibility: | inc |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |