CLMAC/24

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:24
Macalister/1949:620
Petrie/1872:160
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 71: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 45.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.55 x 0.71 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:name-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain
2: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 5: `the two small crosses above [the inscription] form an unusual feature'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/24/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):MA/ELIOHAINEP~S
Expansion:
MAELIOHAIN EPISCOPUS
Expansion:
MAELIOHAIN EPSCOP
Macalister/1909 5--6 reading only
Macalister/1949 45 reading only
Petrie/1872 70 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; below cross ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:918 - 918 (Lionard/1961)

918 - 918 (Macalister/1949)
Language:Incomplete Information (rbook)
Ling. Notes:The abbreviation EPS with contraction mark could stand for either Old Irish epscop, or Latin episcopus, making the choice of language an uncertain one.
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial, the A is in the `OC' form and the first example is ligatured with an E. The E is open and the middle stroke is elongated. The P is open-bowed; the S is minuscule and the L and I's have wedge-shaped finials. The contraction mark over the P of EPS indicates the commemorand as a bishop.
Legibility:good
The inscription is clear.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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