CLMAC/20

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:20
Macalister/1949:616
Petrie/1872:169
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 73: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 44.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.76 x 0.56 x 0.12 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:name-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
A large crack runs up the stone from the bottom for almost half the length of the stone, while some flaking on the right has damaged part of the inscription.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 4: `a small cross fourchee'.

Macalister/1949, 44: `Small cross'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/20/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):O~R~DOCHONO | DEN
Expansion:
OROIT DO CHONODEN
Translation:
Pray for Conoden (PN).
Petrie/1872 73 reading only
Petrie, G. (1822):+ O~R~DOCHONO | DEN
Expansion:
+ OROIT DO CHONODEN
Translation:
Pray for Conoden (PN).
Petrie/1872 73 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):O~R~DOCHOND | DEN | +
Expansion:
OROIT DO CHONDDEN
Macalister/1909 4--5 reading only
Macalister/1949 44 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:n/a ; broad ; inc ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark; the R is majuscule; the Ds have an ascender which bends to the left over the bow, but only the 2nd D has an open bow; the E is closed and below the inscription is a small cross.
Legibility:some
Most of the text is clear, apart from the H and O, which have been partly flaked away.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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