CLMAC/71

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:98
Macalister/1949:667
Petrie/1872:106
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 52: `drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnoise, in 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 50.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.99 x 0.66 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1909, 20, speaks of a `flake of the stone' being lost.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; plain; none; inner curv; other; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 20: `A Celtic cross with plain centre, the sides terminating below in simple spirals'.

Macalister/1949, 50: `wheel cross, spirals at lower end'.

References


Inscriptions


CLMAC/71/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):--]DOMNA[--
Expansion:
[FER]DOMNA[CH]
Petrie/1872 52 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):[N][..]DOMNA
Expansion:
[N..]DOMNA
Macalister/1909 20 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):[..]DOMNA
Expansion:
[..]DOMNA
Macalister/1949 50 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (rbook)
Ling. Notes:The inscription is in the two upper quadrants, as well as on the upper arm of the cross.

Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A is in the `OC' form.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1909, 20: `The inscription is injured, having lost about three initial letters by a flake of the stone...There is no evidence that there were any letters following the A, where the stone shows no sign of fracture; and two small fragments of vertical lines project below the spall'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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