Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:179 Macalister/1949:728 Petrie/1872:151 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 68: `Drawn by Dr Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 35. Macalister/1949, 57: `I did not find this slab on my last visit'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.61 x 0.48 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1909, missing 1949) |
Location: | Macalister/1909, 35, records the stone as still on site, yet Macalister/1949, 57, states that he could not find it on his last visit. Macalister/1949, 57: `I did not find this slab on my last visit'. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , poor Macalister/1909, Plate XVII shows the inscription complete, yet according to Macalister/1949, 57, the stone has since been lost. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 35: `A five line cross with a circular expansion containing a triskellion, and looped terminal expansions containing key-patterns'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ || D || OMAEL | CHIAR{AN} Expansion: OROIT DO MAELCHIARAN Translation: Pray for Maelchiaran (PN). Macalister/1909 35 reading only Macalister/1949 57, Plate XXXII reading only Petrie/1872 67, Plate LXIII, Fig. 151 reading only |
Orientation: | mixed directions |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 1079 - 1101 (Lionard/1961) 1101 - 1101 (Petrie/1872) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 57: `...letters rather fantastically disposed'. CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it, the O is square, and the R majuscule with an open bow. The D has an ascender that bends to the left over an open bow; the M has curved arches joining the ascenders; the A's are in the `OC' form; the E is minuscule; the L curved; the H minuscule, while the second R is majuscule, with serifs and a small but open bow. The final AN is placed lower than the preceeding letters, presumably as a result of a lack of space. |
Legibility: | inc |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 167, accepts this identification.