CLMAC/155

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

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/155/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

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