CLMAC/46

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:63
Macalister/1949:642
Petrie/1872:62
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 34, `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 47.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.39 x 0.37 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; circular; angular; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 13: `Four-line cross, the two outer lines forming a voided circle that contains the intersection, all inside a two-line margin'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/46/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):SNEDGUS
Expansion:
SNEDGUS
Macalister/1909 13 reading only
Macalister/1949 47 reading only
Petrie/1872 34 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 initial S and the final S are both minuscule, although the former is much larger than the latter, presumably so as to fit the inscription into the space left on the stone. The E is closed; the D has a vertical ascender and an open bow.
Legibility:good
The inscription is clear.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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