| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:54 Macalister/1949:635 Petrie/1872:84 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 42: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 46. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.23 x 0.13 x 0.04 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1909, 11: `only a very small fragment remains of this cross, which Petrie saw as more than half complete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; half-round; lozenge; angular; none; ind; decorated |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 11: `It seems to have been a three-line Latin cross...with a blank lozenge at the centre, and semi-circular arm ends, containing a modified key-pattern not quite correctly deciphered in Petrie. There was a two line margin, and intersections were mitred throughout'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | OROITAR | MA || ELBR{I} | || TE Expansion: OROIT AR MAELBRITE Translation: Pray for Maelbrite (PN). Petrie/1872 42 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | [....]TAR | [..] || ELBR{I} | [..] Expansion: [OROI]T AR [MA]ELBRI[TE] Macalister/1909 11 reading only Macalister/1949 46 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated The inscription is in the two upper quadrants of the cross, and also above the cross outside its margins. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1909, 11: `the engraver seems by accident to have omitted the `ig', and then partially corrected his mistake by inserting the `i' above; but not finding room for the `g' anywhere, he left it out altogether'. CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial with wedge-shaped finials on the ascenders and some of the cross-strokes. The Rs are minuscule and the A is in the `OC' form. |
| Legibility: | poor |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 1 |
| Doubtful: | no |