CLMAC/80

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:109
Macalister/1949:676
Petrie/1872:74
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J.
History:Petrie/1872, 37: `Drawn by M[argaret] S[tokes] from a rubbing of the stone by the Rev. James Graves and Mr. W. M. Hennesy in the year 1869'.

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

Geology:
Dimensions:0.61 x 0.53 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1909, 22: `bottom broken away...the surface of the stone is much flaked'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; inner curv; ind; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 22: `A plain Celtic cross...angles invecked'.

Macalister/1949, 50: `wheel cross'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/80/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1869):AE || D
Expansion:
AED
Macalister/1909 22 reading only
Macalister/1949 50 reading only
Petrie/1872 37 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
Incision:inc
Date:738 - 738 (Petrie/1872)
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in an angular form of half-uncial, with the bows of the A and D almost lozenge shaped. The E is three-pronged and curved with an elongated middle stroke.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1909, 22: `the surface of the stone is much flaked, but this has not seriously interfered with the cross or inscription'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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