CLMAC/82

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:112
Macalister/1949:678
Petrie/1872:56
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 32: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Macalister/1949, 50, records the stone as still on site.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.99 x 0.62 x 0.04 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; other; round holl; cruciform; inner curv; other; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 22: `This is another curious variation...instead of the two loops, however, the arms terminate with square notches'.

Macalister/1949, 50: `Wheel cross fitchée with nicks in the three upper terminals'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/82/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):MA/EL || TUILE
Expansion:
MAELTUILE
Petrie/1872 32 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):MA/EL || TUILI
Expansion:
MAELTUILI
Macalister/1909 22 reading only
Macalister/1949 50 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
The inscription is in the two lower quadrants.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A/E is ligatured, with a square A and a three-pronged E; the L has a wedge-shaped finial; the T is angular in shape; the M has short leftwards strokes at the bottom of each ascender.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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