CLMAC/106

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:142
Macalister/1949:702
Petrie/1872:138
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 63: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 54.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.04 x 0.71 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1909)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 28--29, argues that the cross is the same as CLMAC/105, but on a larger scale, and thus that it has half-round terminations, with a central circular expansion. This cross, however, is a five-line cross.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/106/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):FEC | HTN || ACH
Expansion:
FECHTNACH
Petrie/1872 63 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):[O~R~ || DO]FEC | HTN || ACH
Expansion:
[OROIT DO] FECHTNACH
Macalister/1909 29 reading only
Macalister/1949 54 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
The inscription is held within the four quadrants and runs vertically downwards in two lines.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The E is closed; the A is in the `OC' form and the final H has a wedge-shaped finial.
Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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