| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 37 |
| Site: | TOURP |
| Discovery: | arch excav, 1987 Manning, C. |
| History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 284: `The stone was found in November 1987 during excavation at the site. It was found 0.6 m beneath the surface of the ground to the west of the platform on which the crosses (including stone no. 40 [TOURP/8]) are set'. |
| Geology: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 322: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.11 x 0.162 x 0.033 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | Dúchas store, Dublin Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 283: `The stone is kept in the Dúchas store, Dublin'. |
| Form: | other Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 284: `The stone is a fragment of a slab of unknown form'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , good Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 284: `fragment'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | [--]CANI Expansion: [--]CANI Expansion: [SANCTI BEC]CANI Translation: Of holy Beccán (PN). Okasha/Forsyth/2001 284 reading only |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Indeterminate (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 284: `It looks like the genitve ending of a Latin word, or a name in a Latinised form, but the text is too fragmentary to be interpreted'. |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 284: `The text is in half-uncial script'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the N and I have wedge-shaped finials. The N is in the capitalis form and, like the forms on TOURP/7 and TOURP/8 the cross stroke runs downward from two-thirds of the way up the left ascender to one-third of the way up the right ascender. |
| Legibility: | good Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 284: `legible'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |