| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1049 Okasha/1993:33 |
| Site: | MADR2 |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S. |
| History: | Macalister/1949, 179: `built into the N. wall of the N. aisle, west of the entrance door'. According to Okasha/1993, 182, no other authority has seen this stone and Macalister's drawing (Plate LXIII, 1049) is the only drawing. Thomas/1994, 330: `Cannot be found; wrong location apparently cited, no other traced'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.14 x 0.27 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1949, missing 1993) |
| Location: | Only record of this stone is Macalister/1949, 179--180. It was not noted as lost, however, until Okasha/1993, 182. The stone is now lost. |
| Form: | Indeterminate Macalister/1949, 179: `A stone...arched in shape, and with a tenon worked at one end'. |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | URITINF/IL/IS/N[-- Expansion: URITIN FILI SN[-- Macalister/1949 180 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; ind ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 179--180: `The lettering is the most cursive-looking script I have ever seen in any lapidary inscription -- almost like shorthand...The character read as TI is a monogram in the shape of a cross -- a T with an I forming its stem and running through the top cross bar. The two monograms of FI-LI are easily recognisable'. Okasha/1993, 182: `The text appears to have used a predominantly insular script'. |
| Legibility: | n/a |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Stone not seen by anyone else, but Okasha/1993, 182, states that from the drawing other readings are possible, but that this might be a personal name.