GA029-179006 Market Cross A

Known as 'The Market Cross', this composite two separate sandstone crosses of mid-12th-C date: (a) the base and shaft, and (b) the head. It was assembled from scattered fragments for the Great Industrial Exhibition in Dublin in 1853: the base originally stood in 'the old shambles' which was on W side of Vicar St. it was not erected in the Market Square until 1874. The square tapering base bears the inscription: 'Prayer for Turloch O'Conor ... of Iarlath by whom was made'. There are also two small circular vertical holes, and two pairs of figures in high relief, on the opposing faces. This project is funded by The Community Monuments Fund Awarded by The National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Supported by Old Tuam Society, Galway County Council, TheHeritage Council and Galway Community Archaeology Project. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab该文物被称为“市场十字碑”，为12世纪中期的复合式砂岩十字碑，由两件独立的砂岩十字残件组合而成：(a) 基座与碑身，(b) 碑首。1853年为参展都柏林大工业博览会，工作人员将散落的残片拼接复原了该十字碑：其基座最初坐落于牧师街西侧的“旧屠宰场”片区，直至1874年才被安置于市场广场内。这座渐缩方形基座上刻有铭文：“为图尔洛赫·奥康纳祈祷……此碑由伊拉斯（Iarlath）制作”。其相对的两个立面还各设有两处小型圆形垂直孔洞，以及两对高浮雕人物造像。 本项目由社区古迹基金（Community Monuments Fund）资助，由住房、地方政府与遗产部国家古迹服务处（National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage）授项支持，并得到老图阿姆协会（Old Tuam Society）、戈尔韦郡议会（Galway County Council）、遗产委员会（Heritage Council）以及戈尔韦社区考古项目（Galway Community Archaeology Project）的协作支持。 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab