Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:180 Macalister/1949:729 Petrie/1872:112 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1868 Graves, J. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 53: `This tombstone was found buried in the churchyard of the Relig-na-Cailleach, now called the Nunnery Church at Clonmacnois, in 1868, by the Rev. James Graves. It was first read and identified by the Rev. Dr. Todd'. Macalister/1909, 35, records the stone as still on site and states that if the stone was discovered `in the cemetery of the Nun's Church...it is the only slab recorded from that graveyard'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.74 x 0.53 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; half-round; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 35: `A three-line cross with circular expansion and looped terminals, all containing key-patterns except the base, which has been left blank, possibly through inadvertence'. |
Graves, J. (1872): | O~R~ || DOUALLAIG Expansion: OROIT DO UALLAIG Translation: Pray for Uallach (PN). Macalister/1909 35 reading only Macalister/1949 57 reading only Petrie/1872 53 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is running downwards within the two left-hand quadrants. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 932 - 934 (Lionard/1961) 932 - 932 (Petrie/1872) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it; the O's taper downward to a point; the R is majuscule with an open bow; the D has an ascender which bends to the right over an open and pointed bow; the U is flat-bottomed; the A's are in the `OC' form; the L's are curved and the G is minuscule. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 164, accepts this identification.