CLMAC/189

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:247
Macalister/1949:785
Petrie/1872:121
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 57: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 63 all record the stone as lost.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present 1822, missing 1899)
Location:Petrie/1872, 57, records that the stone was extant in 1822. Macalister/1899, 116, records that it was, by then, lost.
Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 63 all record the stone as lost.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:n/a , n/a
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; round holl; angular; inner curv; ind; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 63: `Wheel latin cross with loops at the terminals in a rectangle'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/189/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):DUNADA[CH]
Expansion:
DUNADA[CH]
Macalister/1909 46 reading only
Petrie/1872 56 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):DUNADA
Expansion:
DUNADA
Macalister/1949 63 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:953 - 953 (Lionard/1961)
Lionard/1961, 165, following Petrie/1872, 56, identifies the commemorand as Bishop Dunadhach of Clonmacnoise who died in AD 953.
953 - 954 (Petrie/1872)
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering in Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form, the Ds have ascenders which bend to the left over open bows and the N has a curved top-stroke. The U is also rounded.
Legibility:n/a
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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