| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:208 Macalister/1949:749 Petrie/1872:4 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 16: `Drawn at Clonmacnois by Dr. Petrie, in the year 1822'. Macalister/1909, 42, reports the stone as still lost, as does Macalister/1949, 59. Lionard/1961, 98, note 2: `This slab which had been lost for a long time, was recently found near St. Ciaran's church'. Manning and Moore/1991, 11, show a photo of this stone, but do not indicate where the stone is now. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site Lionard/1961, 98, note 2: `This slab which had been lost for a long time, was recently found near St. Ciaran's church'. Manning and Moore/1991, 11, show a photo of this stone, but do not indicate where the stone is now. |
| Form: | name-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good The photo of the stone in Manning and Moore/1991, 11, indicates the stone to be in very good condition. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | +COLMAN Expansion: + COLMAN Translation: Colman (PN). Lionard/1961 Plate XXVI reading only Macalister/1909 42 reading only Macalister/1949 59 reading only Manning/Moore/1991 11 reading only Petrie/1872 16 reading only |
| Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The M and N are in the minuscule form with rounded tops. The O has a heart-shaped bow, and the L is curved with a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender. The A is minuscule, with an extended flourish to the stroke that curves from the bottom right of the bow. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | BOCHT Expansion: BOCHT Translation: The poor. Lionard/1961 Plate XXVI reading only Macalister/1909 42 reading only Macalister/1949 59 reading only Manning/Moore/1991 11 reading only McManus/1991 131 reading only Petrie/1872 16 reading only |
| Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (oghms) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | The consonants are placed on the inverted side of the stem line. Macalister/1949, 59: `Doubtless owing to the retrograde direction of writing, the feather-mark is at the end, not the beginning of the Ogham word, as is more usual'. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |