CLMAC/3

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:3
Macalister/1949:599
Petrie/1872:52
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Macalister/1909, 1: `I cannot find it in Petrie; it might be part of his No. 52'. If this identification is accepted, as it is in Macalister/1909, 42, then according to Petrie/1872, 31, this stone was drawn by George Petrie on the site of Clonmacnois in 1822.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 43.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.25 x 0.22 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:Indeterminate
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/3/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):+ O~R~DOMA | ELMAIRE
Expansion:
+ OROIT DO MAELMAIRE
Translation:
Pray for Maelmaire (PN).
Petrie/1872 30--31, Fig. 52 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):--]DO[--
Expansion:
--]DO[--
Macalister/1909 1 reading only
Macalister/1949 43 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:n/a ; n/a ; n/a ; ind
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:The surviving letters DO may form part of an oroit do formula, but we cannot be certain.
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial, and the D has a very short ascender which bends to the left.
Legibility:poor
The D is clear, but only the top half of the O survives.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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