| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:846 Petrie/1872:113 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1845 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 53: `already published by Dr. Petrie, in his Ecclesiastical Architecture, p. 339, [Petrie/1845] where he describes it as a quern, or hand millstone, afterwards used as a tombstone in the cemetery of Clonmacnois. It now forms part of the Petrie collection deposited in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy'. Macalister/1949, 70, states that the stone was now 'in the National Museum'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.36 x 0.36 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | National Museum, Dublin (Cat: n/a) Macalister/1949, 70, the National Museum, Dublin. |
| Form: | Incomplete Information Macalister/1949, 70, argues that this is a re-used upper-quern stone. |
| Condition: | complete , inc |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; tenon; n/a |
| Decorations: | geometric other Macalister/1949, 70, `bearing ornamental devices'. |
| Petrie, G. (1845): | SECHNAS | ACH Expansion: SECHNASACH Translation: Sechnasach (PN). Petrie/1845 339 reading only Petrie/1872 Fig. 113 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | SECHNAS | ACH Expansion: SECHNASACH Lionard/1961 157 reading only Macalister/1949 70 reading only |
| Orientation: | other |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; other |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 709 - 712 (Lionard/1961) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form and the large initial majuuscule S appears to have wedge-shaped finials. The closed minuscule E has an angular bow. In two cases the letters C and minuscule H are conjoined. In the first instance the upper-most stroke of the H appears to rise out of the centre of the curved cross-bar. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |