CLMAC/78

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:107
Macalister/1949:674
Petrie/1872:39
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J.
History:Petrie/1872, 26, records that the stone was drawn `by the Rev. James Graves and Mr. Hennessy, at Clonmacnois, in 1869'.

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

Geology:
Dimensions:0.34 x 0.2 x 0.13 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Only the top arm of the cross and the upper sinister quadrant remain. The remainder is lost.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; outline; straight; expanded; ind; none; inner curv; ind; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909: `top of a probably quadrate Celtic cross'.

Macalister/1949, 50: `Top of a wheel cross'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/78/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1869):OR~DO | VAD || A
Expansion:
OROIT DO UADA
Translation:
Pray for Uada (PN).
Petrie/1872 26 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):O~R~DO | VAD || A
Expansion:
OROIT DO VADA
Macalister/1909 22 reading only
Macalister/1949 50 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated
The inscription , as we have it, is in the upper left quadrant, and on the upper arm of the cross.
Incision:inc
Date:826 - 828 (Lionard/1961)
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it; the R is majuscule; the V is particularly open with the right-hand stroke having a curved extension; the 1st A is angular and four-sided and the 2nd angular and three-sided; the second D has a vertical ascender with a finial and an open bow.
Legibility:some
The top of the last two letters on the first line have been lost.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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