| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1074 RCAHMS/1982:No.6 (47) |
| Site: | IONAS |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1875 Dryden, H. |
| History: | Formerly incorporated in the paving in front of St Columba's shrine. Allen/Anderson/1903, 398, describes it as in the enclosure at the W end of the Cathedral (i.e. Abbey). Macalister/1949, 192, described it as lying in the enclosure known as `St Columb'a bed'. Now in the Nunnery Museum. |
| Geology: | RCAHMS/1982, 187: `mica-granulite probably of Moine age'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.3 x 0.52 x 0.0 (RCAHMS/1982) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Iona Nunnery Museum (Cat: unnumbered) Now in the Nunnery museum. |
| Form: | body-slab RCAHMS/1982, 187: `Fragments of a slab of mica-granulite probably of Moine age'. Allen/Anderson/1903, 400: `of irregular four-sided shape'. |
| Condition: | complete , some The slab has broken in two, but, contrary to Macalister/1949, 193, both pieces survive. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; inner curv; angular; plain |
| Decorations: | RCAHMS/1982, 187: `a ringed cross with rounded and sunken armpits; the shaft has a rectangular base, and is ornamented with two pairs of lenticular depressions, the lower pair being enclosed within a bulbous expansion'. |
| Allen, R. (1903): | O~R DON GILIAN Expansion: OROIT DON GILIAN Translation: Pray for (the soul of) Gilian(PN). Allen/Anderson/1903 400 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ DO R[-] Expansion: OROIT DO R[--] Macalister/1949 193 reading only |
| RCAHMS (1982): | O~RDOL[O-]GS[.]CAN Expansion: OROIT DO LOINGSECAN Translation: A prayer for Loingsechán(PN). RCAHMS/1982 187 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; undivided |
| Incision: | incised |
| Date: | 767 - 899 (RCAHMS/1982) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | RCAHMS/1982, 187: `half-uncial'. |
| Legibility: | poor |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | |
| Doubtful: | no |