| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:95 Macalister/1949:664 Petrie/1872:155 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1870 Graves, J. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 69, `Drawn by M[argaret].S[tokes] from a rubbing of the stone made at Clonmacnois by the Rev. James Graves, in the year 1870'. Recorded as still on site by Macalister/1949, 49. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.76 x 0.66 x 0.07 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , some The bottom of the stone has been broken away. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; cruciform; inner curv; ind; plain |
| Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 69: `an Irish cross, quadrate in the centre, and with loops at the terminal points'. Macalister/1909, 19: `A quadrate Celtic cross with looped ends to the arms'.
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| Petrie, G. (1870): | [HU]A || RIA || DEN Expansion: HUA RIADEN Petrie/1872 69 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | TA || N{A}I || DÉN Expansion: TANAIDÉN Macalister/1909 19 reading only Macalister/1949 49 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated The inscription is on either side of the upper arm of the cross, as well as on the cross. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 800 - 899 (Petrie/1872) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A's are in the `OC' form, the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow and a wedge-shaped finial; the E is three-pronged and has an accent mark over it. The letters NI on the arm of the cross have had a small A added just above them, presumably in an attempt to correct an omission. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1909, 19: `the inscription is difficult to decipher'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 1 |
| Doubtful: | no |