| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:192 Macalister/1949:739 Petrie/1872:105 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 50: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 38, and Macalister/1949, 58. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.56 x 0.36 x 0.18 (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; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 37: `three line cross...with a circular expansion containing a triskelion, and looped terminals with key-pattern'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ || ARGIL | LA || GIARAIN Expansion: OROIT AR GILLAGIARAIN Translation: Pray for Gillaciarain (PN). Macalister/1909 38 reading only Macalister/1949 58 reading only Petrie/1872 51 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
| 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, along with the two other examples, is majuscule. The first and last A's are in the `OC' form; the G's are half-uncial; the ascender of the I is clubbed and the L's are curved. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |