CLMAC/152

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:208
Macalister/1949:749
Petrie/1872:4
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 16: `Drawn at Clonmacnois by Dr. Petrie, in the year 1822'.

Macalister/1909, 42, reports the stone as still lost, as does Macalister/1949, 59.

Lionard/1961, 98, note 2: `This slab which had been lost for a long time, was recently found near St. Ciaran's church'.

Manning and Moore/1991, 11, show a photo of this stone, but do not indicate where the stone is now.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Lionard/1961, 98, note 2: `This slab which had been lost for a long time, was recently found near St. Ciaran's church'.

Manning and Moore/1991, 11, show a photo of this stone, but do not indicate where the stone is now.

Form:name-slab
Condition:complete , good
The photo of the stone in Manning and Moore/1991, 11, indicates the stone to be in very good condition.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


CLMAC/152/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):+COLMAN
Expansion:
+ COLMAN
Translation:
Colman (PN).
Lionard/1961 Plate XXVI reading only
Macalister/1909 42 reading only
Macalister/1949 59 reading only
Manning/Moore/1991 11 reading only
Petrie/1872 16 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The M and N are in the minuscule form with rounded tops. The O has a heart-shaped bow, and the L is curved with a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender. The A is minuscule, with an extended flourish to the stroke that curves from the bottom right of the bow.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


CLMAC/152/2

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):BOCHT
Expansion:
BOCHT
Translation:
The poor.
Lionard/1961 Plate XXVI reading only
Macalister/1909 42 reading only
Macalister/1949 59 reading only
Manning/Moore/1991 11 reading only
McManus/1991 131 reading only
Petrie/1872 16 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (oghms)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:The consonants are placed on the inverted side of the stem line.

Macalister/1949, 59: `Doubtless owing to the retrograde direction of writing, the feather-mark is at the end, not the beginning of the Ogham word, as is more usual'.

Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References