| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:91 Macalister/1949:660 Petrie/1872:24 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 22: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 49. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.02 x 0.83 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1909, 18: `this stone has been broken in several pieces, and a large section of the middle is missing'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; inner curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 22: `the design...is a portion of an Irish cross, with looped terminations to the arms and shaft'. Macalister/1909, 18: `it bears a quadrate Celtic cross of two lines; it is curious that the ends are mitred on the stem, not on the arms. The corners are developed into loops, with a dot in the centre (absent in the loops on the base)'. Macalister/1949, 49: `a wheel cross with loops at the angles of the stem and arms'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~DO || B || ROTUR Expansion: OROIT DO BROTUR Translation: Pray for Brotar (PN). Macalister/1909 18 reading only Macalister/1949 49 reading only Petrie/1872 22 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated |
| Incision: | chiselled Macalister/1909, 18: `neatly cut letters'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The intial OR has a contraction mark over it; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open-bow; the B on the cross is smaller than the other letters; the three Rs are open-bowed and majuscule. Some of the letters also have finials on the end of strokes in particular the R's, D, B and U. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |