CLMAC/37

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:51
Macalister/1949:633
Petrie/1872:72
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 37: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 46.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.88 x 0.33 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , some
The top right of the stone has been broken, while flaking has also occurred in the bottom left section of the stone.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; square; angular; none; none; decorated
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 10: `a cross potent quadrate of four lines inside a three-line margin. Internal inter-sections mitred'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/37/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1869):--][F]ERDOMNAC[H] | [--]DOMOERIND[--
Expansion:
FERDOMNACH DO MOER IND[--]
Translation:
Ferdomnach (PN) for (the) steward of the...
Petrie/1872 37 reading only
Petrie, G. (1872):[..]ERDÚNAL | ADMOERING
Expansion:
[OROIT] ER DUNALAD MOER IN G[--
Translation:
Pray for Donnalad (PN) steward of the G[--].
Petrie/1872 37 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):{E}NDÚNA[--] | ADMOERING
Expansion:
ADMOER INGEN DÚNA[--
Translation:
Admoer (PN), daughter of Duna (PN)...
Macalister/1909 10 reading only
Macalister/1949 46 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated
The inscription runs horizontally above the cross and on the outside of the margins.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The E and U of the first line each have accents over them, while all the lettering is of uneven height. The A is in the `OC' form, and some of the letters are serifed. The first line needs to be read second.
Legibility:some
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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