CLMAC/59

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:85
Macalister/1949:655
Petrie/1872:80
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1872 Graves, J.
History:Petrie/1872, 39: `Drawn by M[argaret]. S[tokes]. from a rubbing made at Clonmacnois by the Rev. James Graves and Mr. W.M. Hennessy'.

Recorded as still at this site in Macalister/1949, 48.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.66 x 0.69 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
The upper right dexter quadrant of the cross is lost.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; square; cruciform; inner curv; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 17: `a cross quadrate, the arms joined by a three-line circle; intersections mitred'.

Macalister/1949, 48: `cross with square expansions at the centre and the terminals, a circle surrounding the centre'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/59/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1872):ANNOC
Expansion:
ANNOC
Petrie/1872 39 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):ANHOC
Expansion:
ANHOC
Macalister/1909 17 reading only
Macalister/1949 48 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; below cross ; undivided
The inscription is below and outside 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 and the H (as read by Macalister/1909, 17 and Macalister/1949, 48), has only a short ascender, which has an expanded finial. The O tapers downwards almost to a point.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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