Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:112 Macalister/1949:678 Petrie/1872:56 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 32: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Macalister/1949, 50, records the stone as still on site. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.99 x 0.62 x 0.04 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; other; round holl; cruciform; inner curv; other; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 22: `This is another curious variation...instead of the two loops, however, the arms terminate with square notches'. Macalister/1949, 50: `Wheel cross fitchée with nicks in the three upper terminals'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | MA/EL || TUILE Expansion: MAELTUILE Petrie/1872 32 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | MA/EL || TUILI Expansion: MAELTUILI Macalister/1909 22 reading only Macalister/1949 50 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in the two lower quadrants. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A/E is ligatured, with a square A and a three-pronged E; the L has a wedge-shaped finial; the T is angular in shape; the M has short leftwards strokes at the bottom of each ascender. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |