CLMAC/146

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:197
Macalister/1949:743
Petrie/1872:173
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J.
History:Petrie/1872, 74: `Drawn by Miss Boxwell...found at Clonmacnois by the Rev. James Graves, in the year 1869'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 38--39, and Macalister/1949, 59.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.81 x 0.66 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 59.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1909, 38--39: `Fragment...the cuttings are so much worn and clogged with lichen'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; ind; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 39: `The centre contains a pattern which may be either an interlacing knot, or else a divergent spiral device...the two surviving terminals contain some form of key-pattern'.

Macalister/1949, 59: `cross with looped ears on the sides, not at the angles, of the expansions'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/146/1     Pictures

Readings

Graves, J. (1869):{O}R{O}IT || [--
Expansion:
OROIT [--
Macalister/1909 39 reading only
Macalister/1949 59 reading only
Petrie/1872 74 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The initial O is lozenge-shaped. The second O appears to be an attempt at a similar shape, except the bottom half is made of three angled-strokes, making the whole a pentagon. The I and T are conjoined. The T has a flat top-stroke and the bow of the T is three sides of a lozenge with the top-right panel missing. The R is majuscule. While it is likely that the whole text was in half-uncial, the surviving letters cannot rule out decorative capitals.
Legibility:good
The letters appear clear.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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