| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:163 Macalister/1949:717 Petrie/1872:127 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1854 du Noyer, G. V. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 59: `This slab was drawn by Mr. G.V. du Noyer, in the year 1854'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 55. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.99 x 0.53 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; lozenge; none; none; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace Petrie/1872, 59: `The design is an Irish cross with semi-circular terminations filled in with the triquetra...while the centre...is a diamond, filled in with four triquetras, arranged so as to form a cross'. Macalister/1909, 32--33: `A three-line cross in which the central expansion is lozenge-shaped and contains a knot of peculiar design'. Macalister/1949, 55: `Cross with lozenge shaped expansion in the centre and semi-circular expansions at the ends. Ends plain, interlacement in the centre'. |
| Petrie, G. (1869): | O~R~COM || GAN Expansion: OROIT COMGAN Translation: Pray for Comgan (PN). Macalister/1909 33 reading only Macalister/1949 55 reading only Petrie/1872 59 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in one horizontal line through the two upper quadrants. |
| 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 R is minuscule as is the G. The A has a small bow with a leftwards bending elongated ascender. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |