| Corpus Refs: | Allen/Anderson/1903:Iona 1 Macalister/1949:1073 RCAHMS/1982:No.6 (45) |
| Site: | IONAR |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1700 Lhuyd, E. |
| History: | Formerly in Reilig Odhráin, where it was seen by Lhwyd and described by Allen. Later in the north transept of the `cathedral' (i.e. Abbey) when viewed by Macalister/1912. Now in the Abbey Museum. |
| Geology: | RCAHMS/1982, 187: `thin-bedded torridonian flagstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.38 x 0.64 x 0.05 (RCAHMS/1982) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Iona Abbey Museum (Cat: 40) Fisher/2001, 129: `Abbey Museum, N wall'. |
| Form: | body-slab RCAHMS/1982, 187: `Roughly rectangular slab of thin-bedded torridonian flagstone...lacking the top left corner'. |
| Condition: | complete , some No top left hand corner, but this was probably always a feature of the stone. RCAHMS/1982, 187: `Parts of the surface within the pecked outline of the cross-head have flaked off...Right edge of slab is flaking'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; inc; round holl; none; inner curv; other; plain |
| Decorations: | RCAHMS/1982, 187: `a ringed cross with rounded and sunken armpits, whose elongated shaft ends at the foot in a circle'. Allen/Anderson/1903, 398: `cross shape No.102'. |
| Allen, R. (1903): | O~R~ AR ANMIN EOGAIN Expansion: OROIT AR ANMIN EOGAIN Translation: Pray for the soul of Eogan (PN). Allen/Anderson/1903 398 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1946): | O~R~ AR ANMIN EOGAIN Expansion: OROIT AR ANMIN EOGAIN Macalister/1949 193 reading only |
| RCAHMS (1982): | O~R~ ARANMIN EOGAIN Expansion: OROIT AR ANMAIN EOGAIN Translation: A prayer for the soul of Eógan (PN). RCAHMS/1982 187 reading only |
| Fisher, I. (2001): | ORARANMAINEOGAIN Expansion: OROIT AR ANMAIN EOGAIN Translation: A prayer for the soul of Eogan (PN). Fisher/2001 129 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | incised |
| Date: | 700 - 799 (RCAHMS/1982) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Half-uncial RCAHMS/1982, 187: `The second A of ANMAIN is carved above the M and I, presumably as an afterthought'. Macalister/1949, 193: `It is noteworthy that the name is cut in rather larger and bolder letters than the rest of the inscription. Possibly the stone-cutter had on his hands a slab with the formula cut upon it, and had nothing to do but fill in the name'. |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1949, 193: `The stone is worn and scaled, but the inscription is quite legible'. RCAHMS/1982, 187: `The second A of the word ANMIN is carved above the M and I, presumably an afterthought, and its upper part is damaged by flaking at the edge of the slab'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | y |
| Doubtful: | no |