Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:261 Macalister/1949:797 Petrie/1872:168 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 73: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 64. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1872, missing 1899) |
Location: | Recorded as extant in Petrie/1872, 73, and as lost in Macalister/1899, 116. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 64. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | frgmntry , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 64: `No cross surviving'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | MAEL[-- Expansion: MAEL[-- Macalister/1909 48 listing Petrie/1872 73, Plate LXX, Fig. 168 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | MACL[-- Expansion: MACL[-- Macalister/1949 64 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form, and also appears to have one wedge-shaped finial. The L is curved, as are the top strokes of the M. The E is damaged but was probably in the open uncial form. |
Legibility: | inc Petrie/1872, 73: `the letters have been so much mutilated that it is impossible to know the name of which they formed a part'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |