CLMAC/29

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:30
Macalister/1949:625
Petrie/1872:22
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1823 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 21: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'.

Macalister/1949, 45: `I did not find this slab on my last visit'.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.71 x 0.46 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:Lost (present 1909, missing 1949)
Location:Macalister/1949, 45: `I did not find this slab on my last visit'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Petrie/1872, 21: `the stone is so much mutilated'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; none; ind; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 7: `plain latin cross invecked at the angles'.

Macalister/1949, 45: `Latin cross'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/29/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):CON || A || SSAC[H]
Expansion:
CONASSACH
Macalister/1909 7 reading only
Macalister/1949 45 reading only
Petrie/1872 21 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated
Macalister/1909, 7: `Inscription...reading upwards, on the sinister side'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial, with the `OC' form of A and half-uncial Ss.
Legibility:some
Petrie/1872, 21: `the name is perfect, with the exception of the last letter, which must have been an h'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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