CLMAC/201

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'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/201/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

Names

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