CLMAC/104

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:140
Macalister/1949:700
Petrie/1872:137
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 62: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.86 x 0.48 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1909, 28: `The central expansion is now clogged with lime, and the pattern can no longer be made out'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; cruciform; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 28: `A cross with circular centre and arm-ends rather larger than a semi-circle, all containing key-patterns'.

Macalister/1949, 53: `cross with key-pattern enrichment'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/104/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):O~R~D || O | MARTEM~[--
Expansion:
OROIT DO MARTEM[--
Petrie/1872 62 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):O~R~D || O | MAILTEM~
Expansion:
OROIT DO MAILTEMIN
Macalister/1909 28 reading only
Macalister/1949 53 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated
The inscription is in two vertical lines running from above the cross, through the two right-hand quadrants and the lower left quadrant to below the cross.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it and the two O's taper downwards to a point; the R is majuscule; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the two M's have short leftwards strokes from the top of the first ascenders; the E is closed and the final M has a contraction mark over it.
Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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