Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:142 Macalister/1949:702 Petrie/1872:138 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 63: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 54. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.04 x 0.71 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1909) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 28--29, argues that the cross is the same as CLMAC/105, but on a larger scale, and thus that it has half-round terminations, with a central circular expansion. This cross, however, is a five-line cross. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | FEC | HTN || ACH Expansion: FECHTNACH Petrie/1872 63 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | [O~R~ || DO]FEC | HTN || ACH Expansion: [OROIT DO] FECHTNACH Macalister/1909 29 reading only Macalister/1949 54 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is held within the four quadrants and runs vertically downwards in two lines. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The E is closed; the A is in the `OC' form and the final H has a wedge-shaped finial. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |