CLMAC/185

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'.

References


Inscriptions


CLMAC/185/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

Names

References


CLMAC/185/2     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

Names

References