Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:25 Macalister/1949:621 Petrie/1872:45 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1832 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 28: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1832'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 45. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.74 x 0.56 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | complete , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 6: `A Latin cross pattee'. |
Petrie, G. (1832): | O~R~ DOFIN | NACHTU Expansion: OROIT DO FINNACHTU Translation: n/a Macalister/1909 6 reading only Macalister/1949 45 reading only Petrie/1872 27 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; separated The inscription is in two lines on either side of the cross. |
Incision: | inc Macalister/1909, 6: `this is a beautiful example of engraving'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial and the initial OR has a contraction mark over it. The R is majuscule; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow, and the ascender of the last U continues far below the curved stroke which joins it from the left. |
Legibility: | good The inscription is clear. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |