| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:136 Macalister/1949:696 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G. |
| History: | First recorded in Petrie/1872, 50. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.71 x 0.51 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; plain 2: equal-armed; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 27, argues for the stone having half-round terminations, a circular central expansion and that it `bears a small crosslet potent' in the centre of this circle. Macalister/1949, 53, argues for the same. |
| Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~ || DO | M || ARTAN | ÁN Expansion: OROIT DO MARTANÁN Translation: Pray for Mártanán (PN). Petrie/1872 50 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ || DO | M || ÁRTAN | ÁN Expansion: OROIT DO MÁRTANÁN Macalister/1909 27 reading only Macalister/1949 53 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription runs in three lines downwards through all four quadrants. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the 2nd O tapers downwards to a point; the M has a short leftwards stroke from the top of its first ascender and also wedge-shaped finials on the descenders, as does the final N; the 1st and 3rd A's have accents over them, and the 1st A is in the `OC' form. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |