| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:73 Macalister/1949:648 Petrie/1872:1 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S. |
| History: | Macalister/1949, 48 and Macalister/1909, 14--15, both identify this stone with Petrie/1872, no. 1. Petrie/1872, 15: `at Clonmacnois, where this stone was first drawn by Dr. Petrie, in the year 1822. It is no longer to be found'. Macalister/1909, 15, states that the stone was still extant, but in Macalister/1949, 48, he states that he `did not find this stone on my last visit'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.53 x 0.51 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1905, missing 1949) |
| Location: | Macalister/1949, 48, `I did not find this stone on my last visit'. |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good Macalister/1909, Plate X, fig. 73, and Macalister/1949, Plate XVI, fig. 648, each show the cross in good condition, but the inscription worn. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; round holl; angular; none; none; plain |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Petrie, G. (1871): | MAELDUIN Expansion: MAELDUIN Petrie/1872 15 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | BADBFEN Expansion: BADBFEN Macalister/1909 14--15 reading only Macalister/1949 48 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated The inscription is above the cross and outside the margins. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The two Bs and the D are open-bowed, the A is in the `OC' form and the E is three-pronged. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1909, 14: `The inscription is exceedingly difficult to read'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |