CLMAC/149

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:204
Macalister/1949:746
Petrie/1872:166
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:First recorded in Petrie/1872, 72: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 39--40, and Macalister/1949, 59.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.55 x 0.53 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 59.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , poor
Macalister/1909, 40: `the sinister side is almost completely effaced'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; plain; ; angular; none; other; plain
Decorations:other

Macalister/1909, 40: `The present example consists of a Latin cross, with a rosette (now much worn) at the centre, and a floriated base, contained in a panel'.

Macalister/1949, 59: `Slab with panelled Latin cross, floreated below'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/149/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):O~R~DOCH || [--]DOMUG | ROINHU || BORGAN
Expansion:
OROIT DO CH[--] DO MUGROIN HU BORGAN
Translation:
Pray for Ch[--] (PN) for Mugron (PN), descendant of Borgan (PN).
Petrie/1872 72 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):O~R~DOCH || [--]CENMAEL | ROINHU || LORGAN
Expansion:
OROIT DO CH[--]CEN MAELROIN HU LORGAN
Macalister/1909 40 reading only
Macalister/1949 59 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date: - (Macalister/1909)
Macalister/1909, 39--40: `This [slab is] obviously of later date than the majority of the series'.
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form. The Rs are majuscule and the U flat-bottomed. The second line has two different forms of N. The first is majuscule, with an cross-bar angling downward between the two ascenders. The second N is minuscule with a curved top-stroke. The H is minuscule with a very short ascender and the G is half-uncial.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1909, 40, indicates that the stone is quite badly damaged, and that some of the lettering is lost.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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