CLMAC/114

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:152
Macalister/1949:710
Petrie/1872:147
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 66: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'.

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

Geology:
Dimensions:0.81 x 0.61 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:other

Macalister/1909, 30, argues that the cross is identical with those on CLMAC/112 and CLMAC/113 and that it is a `three line cross, with circular expansions containing triskelions and blank semi-circular terminals'.

References


Inscriptions


CLMAC/114/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):O~R~ || DO | CH || UNN
Expansion:
OROIT DO CHUNN
Translation:
Pray for Conn (PN).
Macalister/1909 30 reading only
Macalister/1949 54 reading only
Petrie/1872 65 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
The inscription runs vertically down in two lines through all four quadrants.
Incision:inc
Date:1059 - 1059 (Petrie/1872)

1059 - 1059 (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; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the O's are spherical rather than circular and the descenders on the U and N's have wedge shaped finials.
Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References