| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:147 Macalister/1949:706 Petrie/1872:117 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 55: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie, at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Macalister/1949, 54, records the stone as still on site. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.69 x 0.48 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1909, 30: `the lower terminal is broken off'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace; geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 30: `A fine seven line cross...with a knot in the centre and side terminals, and key-pattern in the upper'. Macalister/1949, 54: `cross with key-pattern enrichments'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~DO | GUARIU Expansion: OROIT DO GUARIU Translation: Pray for Guare (PN). Macalister/1909 30 reading only Macalister/1949 54 reading only Petrie/1872 55 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in the two lower quadrants. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 937 - 942 (Lionard/1961) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it and the R is open-bowed. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open and tapered bow; the G is half-uncial and some of the letters, particularly in the second line, have wedge-shaped finials. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 164, accepts that the commemorand was one of these two, and dates the inscription accordingly.