Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:12 Macalister/1949:608 Petrie/1872:145 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 65: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Macalister/1909, 3: `The stone seems to have suffered since 1822'. Macalister/1949, 44, records the stone as still on site. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.61 x 0.43 x 0.07 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1909, 3: `much injured by flaking...the stone seems to have suffered since 1822, when Petrie drew it...;he does not show the fractured edge so near the concluding I, and does not indicate the flaking'. The stone is broken off at the right edge leaving the original length of the stone and inscription uncertain. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Petrie, G. (1822): | DAIGREI Expansion: DAIGREI Translation: Of Daigre (PN). Petrie/1872 65 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | DAIGRE[I] Expansion: DAIGRE[I] Macalister/1909 3 reading only Macalister/1949 44, Plate X reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open heart-shaped bow; the A is in the `OC' form; the R is majuscule and the E is closed. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1909, 3: `inscription...much injured by flaking around the edges of the inscription'. The inscription also breaks off at the right-hand edge. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |