| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:195 Macalister/1949:741 Petrie/1872:32 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 24: `This drawing was made by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822. The stone is now so much mutilated, that only half of the inscription remains'. Macalister/1909, 38: `Petrie found the stone intact...The stone has since become broken into fragments, three of which, together comprising little more than half the design, survive'. Macalister/1949, 58: `now badly broken'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.89 x 0.74 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 58. |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1909, 38: `Petrie found the stone intact...The stone has since become broken into fragments, three of which, together comprising little more than half the design, survive'. Macalister/1949, 58: `now badly broken'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; angular; inner curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | animal; geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 38: `A cross of five lines with a triskelion in the central expansion and key-patterns in the terminals. The design has the remarkable addition of four worms with ears, and coiled tails, joining the terminals, and enclosing spaces in the cantons'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ || DOCH | OB || THAC[.] Expansion: OROIT DO CHOBTHAC[H] Translation: Pray for Cobthach (PN). Petrie/1872 24 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | [O~R~ || DOC]H | OB || THAC Expansion: [OROIT DO C]HOBTHAC Macalister/1909 38 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | [O~R~] || DOCH | OB || THAC Expansion: [OROIT] DO CHOBTHAC Macalister/1949 58 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 900 - 1099 (Petrie/1872) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The B also has a curved ascender and an open bow. The Hs are minuscule, the second C angular and the O of the second line is oval-shaped. The T has a curved ascender and a flat top-stroke. |
| Legibility: | some Of the surviving letters only the final C is damaged. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |