| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:866 Petrie/1872:129 |
| Site: | LEMAN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Stokes, M. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 60: `Drawn by M[argaret] S[tokes]. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
| Location: | unknown |
| Form: | Incomplete Information |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; interlace; inc; inc; inc; angular; inc; inc; decorated |
| Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 60, describes the interlace: `The design of the very beautiful ornament upon this stone...was formed of a band so interlaced as to make a large cross of the Maltese pattern, with a smaller cross at the centre: and the angles are filled in with four larger and four smaller triquetra knots, all flowing from the graceful interweaving of a single band'. Macalister/1949, 77, recorded the cross on this stone: `Equal-armed cross in cave rilievo in a square panel, made up of elaborate interlacing'. |
| Stokes, M. (1872): | RETA[R] Expansion: RETA[R] Petrie/1872 60 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | --]RETAH Macalister/1949 77 concise discussion |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the final letter (either an H or R) appears to have a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender. The T is half-uncial with a curved ascender and a flat top stroke and the E is in the open uncial form. The initial R is majuscule. |
| Legibility: | inc Petrie/1872, Plate LII shows the inscription in relatively good condition. It is now lost, however. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |