| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:81 Macalister/1949:654 Petrie/1872:95 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1869 Stokes, M. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 46: `Drawn by M[argaret] S[tokes] from the stone at Clonmacnois in 1869'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 48. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.14 x 1.14 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; interlace; expanded; other; lozenge; circular; outer curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace; geometric key pattern Petrie/1872, 46: `four hexagons arranged in the form of a cross, surrounded with a broad circular band, and all the interstices filled in with rich ornaments of interlaced bands, spirals, and the diagonal form of the Greek fret'. Macalister/1909, 16: `this magnificent slab is by far the finest in the whole series. The design is peculiar and original; the cross being formed by a single withy-band which by its interlacings makes a square in the centre, and groups of three spiral knots in each of the arms...a key fret surrounds the circle'. Macalister/1949, 48: `Circle containing a cross formed by interlacements: a fret pattern on the circle'. |
| Petrie, G. (1869): | O~R~ARFIAC | HRA ||| ICH Expansion: OROIT AR FIACHRAICH Translation: Pray for Fiachra (PN). Macalister/1909 16 reading only Petrie/1872 46, Plate XXXVII reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ARFIAC | HRA CH Expansion: OROIT AR FIACHRACH Macalister/1949 48 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated The inscription is above the cross, with the second line divided by decoration. |
| Incision: | chiselled Macalister/1909, 16: `beautifully cut lettering'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial O tapers downwards to a point, and along with the first R is covered by a contraction mark; the Rs are majuscule; the A's are in the `OC' form. In the second line the top of the ring of the cross interrupts the name creating a large space between HRA and ICH. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |