| Corpus Refs: | Henderson/Okasha/1992:12 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Tullylease 2 |
| Site: | TULYS |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1851 Windele, J. |
| History: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1, 3, 6, `Now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin...NMI 1933:3319...Recorded in 1933 by Leask...It is probable that Windele saw and attempted to record this inscription in 1851'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.13 x 0.14 x 0.02 (Henderson/Okasha/1992) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | National Museum of Ireland (Cat: NMI 1933:3319) Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1: `Now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin'. |
| Form: | Indeterminate |
| Condition: | frgmntry , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | Henderson/Okasha, 3: `incised with a section of a frame'. |
| Okasha, E. (1992): | [.][-- | PORA[.][-- | ESCUNT[.][-- | S[T~]SCR[-- Expansion: [.][--]PORA[.][--]ESCUNT[.][--]S[T~]SCR[--] Henderson/Okasha/1992 12, Plate Ic reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; panel Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 124: `The letters are set horizontally on the left of the stone within the margin or frame'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 733 - 766 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 125: `middle of the eighth century'. |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 124: `The group of letters reading escunt suggests that the text is in Latin. The group s~t~ is probably for sunt, an abbreviation that occurs fairly commonly in manuscripts; alternatively, it could be the end of a longer word ending in -sunt'. |
| Palaeography: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 14: `Insular majuscule script'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 124: `The text is in half-uncial and is legible'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the U, N and T of the third line appear to have wedge-shaped finials. Like on TULYS/1, TULYS/4 and TULYS/5 the E, C and two of the Ss are angular in form. The Rs are majuscule. |
| Legibility: | good Henderson/Okasha/1992, 12: `some of the letters are damaged but what remains is largely legible'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 124: `legible'. |
| Lines: | 4 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |