Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:243 Macalister/1949:781 Petrie/1872:116 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 54: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie, at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 62. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1822, missing 1899) |
Location: | Petrie/1872, 54, records it as extant in 1822. Macalister/1899, 116, records it as lost. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 62. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 62: `Cross with circular and semicircular expansions, looped ears'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~DO || CHATHUL U [..]UC[-- Expansion: OROIT DO CHATHUL U [..]UC Translation: Pray for Cathal (PN) O... Petrie/1872 54 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~DO || CHATHUL U [..]UG Expansion: OROIT DO CHATHUL U [..]UC Macalister/1909 46 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DO || CATHUL U[-- Expansion: OROIT DO CATHUL U[-- Macalister/1949 63 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant Macalister/1949, 62--63, sees this as an inscription added to CLMAC/185/2 |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The minuscule Hs and the L have wedge-shaped finials. The initial O has a heart-shaped bow. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over another heart-shaped bow, this time open. The T is curved and the A has a squarish bow like those on CLMAC/151 and CLMAC/156. |
Legibility: | n/a Macalister/1949, 63: `The end is broken and illegible'. Macalister/1949, 63, saw this as the latter of the two inscriptions on this stone. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ || DOBENE | [DIC]HT Expansion: OROIT DO BENE[DIC]HT Translation: Pray for Benedicht (PN). Macalister/1909 46 reading only Petrie/1872 54 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ || DOBENE | [DI]CHT Expansion: OROIT DO BENE[DI]CHT Macalister/1949 62 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 lettering is Insular half-uncial. The B, D, T, N, and H each appear to have wedge-shaped finials. The two Os have heart-shaped bows, as doed the D which also has an ascender which bends to the left over this open bow. The B also has a curved ascender and an open bow. The H is minuscule, the R majuscule and the Es are in the closed minuscule form. The minuscule N is curved. |
Legibility: | n/a Macalister/1949, 63, saw this as the earlier of the two inscriptions on this stone. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |