| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:140 Macalister/1949:700 Petrie/1872:137 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 62: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.86 x 0.48 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1909, 28: `The central expansion is now clogged with lime, and the pattern can no longer be made out'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; cruciform; inner curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 28: `A cross with circular centre and arm-ends rather larger than a semi-circle, all containing key-patterns'. Macalister/1949, 53: `cross with key-pattern enrichment'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~D || O | MARTEM~[-- Expansion: OROIT DO MARTEM[-- Petrie/1872 62 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~D || O | MAILTEM~ Expansion: OROIT DO MAILTEMIN Macalister/1909 28 reading only Macalister/1949 53 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated The inscription is in two vertical lines running from above the cross, through the two right-hand quadrants and the lower left quadrant to below the cross. |
| 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 and the two O's taper downwards to a point; the R is majuscule; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the two M's have short leftwards strokes from the top of the first ascenders; the E is closed and the final M has a contraction mark over it. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |