| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:133 Macalister/1949:693 Petrie/1872:3 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 15: `This inscription was found at Clonmacnois by Dr. Petrie, in the year 1822, on a stone then used in stopping a hole in the wall at the east end of the churchyard. It has since been placed as a headstone to a grave of recent date'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.66 x 0.61 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 27: `An equilateral cross with four-line stem; plain circular central and semi-circular terminal expansions'. Macalister/1949, 53, describes it as an `equilateral cross' with half-round expansions. |
| Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~ || DO | CHO || LUMB | {O}N Expansion: OROIT DO CHOLUMBON Translation: Pray for Columban (PN). Petrie/1872 15 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ || DO | CHO || LUMB | {A}N Expansion: OROIT DO CHOLUMBAN Macalister/1909 27 reading only Macalister/1949 53 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in three horizontal lines in the two upper quadrants. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open heart-shaped bow; the L, U, B and N have wedge-shaped finials; the B has an ascender which slopes to the right over a heart-shaped open bow; A is in the `OC' form with the bow of the A lozenge-shaped with an accent over it. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |