CLMAC/47

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:65
Macalister/1949:643
Petrie/1872:63
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 34: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Macalister/1949, 47, records the stone as still on site.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.76 x 0.51 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
The top-right corner of the cross has been lost, as has much of the bottom left, indicating that the stone has been damaged in these areas.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; n/a; round holl; angular; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 13: `Four-line cross, invecked at the intersections, the two outer lines forming a voided circle that surrounds the centre. On the cross, a voided lozenge at the centre, and a voided circlet at each intersection with the surrounding circle. The margin is in three lines, the two inner lines being bent to form corner-pieces in each angle; an additional external line springs from each side a short distance from the angle'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/47/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):ARTRI
Expansion:
ARTRI
Petrie/1872 34 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):ARTTRI
Expansion:
ARTTRI
Macalister/1909 13 reading only
Macalister/1949 47 reading only
Petrie/1872 Fig. 63 illustration of use only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated
The text is outside the margin and above the cross.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial A is in the `OC' form; the ascender of the I is serifed at both ends; the down-strokes of the minuscule Rs are elongated; the size of the letters varies as does their position relative to a putative base-line, especially marked in the two Ts.
Legibility:good
The text is clear.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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