Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:211 Macalister/1949:752 Petrie/1872:9 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1869 Graves, J. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 17: `The small stone..is built into the wall of Temple Dowling, at Clonmacnois...Drawn by M[argaret]. S[tokes]., from a rubbing made...by the Rev. James Graves and Mr Williams M. Hennessy, in the year 1869'. Macalister/1899, 116; Macalister/1909, 42, and Macalister/1949, 60, all state that the stone could not be found. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1869, missing 1899) |
Location: | Petrie/1872, 17, states that a rubbing was made in 1869, however Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost.
Macalister/1949, 60, confirms this. |
Form: | Indeterminate |
Condition: | frgmntry , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Graves, J. (1869): | --]ODITHRAI[D] Expansion: --]O DITHRAID Expansion: [OR D]O DITHRAID Macalister/1909 42 reading only Macalister/1949 60 reading only Petrie/1872 17 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the D, T and H have wedge-shaped finials. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow, the T is half-uncial with a curved ascender and a flat top-stroke. The H is minuscule, with the R is majuscule, with a closed bow. |
Legibility: | inc |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |