CLMAC/33

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:41
Macalister/1949:629
Petrie/1872:27
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Hennessy, W.M.
History:Petrie/1872, 23: `This fragment was drawn from a rubbing made by Mr William M. Hennessy, at Clonmacnois, in the year 1869'.

Macalister/1949, 46, records the stone as still on site.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.56 x 0.46 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; plain; angular; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 8-9, argues that this is a cross with `a crosslet and short lines' added near the terminals.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/33/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1869):[..]ARLIA
Expansion:
[OROIT] AR LIA
Petrie/1872 23 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):ARLIA
Expansion:
ARLIA
Macalister/1909 9 reading only
Macalister/1949 46 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The R is minuscule and has a wedge-shaped finial, as do the L and I. The first A is in the `OC' form.
Legibility:good
The inscription is clear. Petrie/1872, 23, argues for a restoration of [OR] at the beginning of the text, but Macalister/1909, 9, dismisses this.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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