| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:24 Macalister/1949:620 Petrie/1872:160 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 71: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 45. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.55 x 0.71 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | name-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain 2: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 5: `the two small crosses above [the inscription] form an unusual feature'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | MA/ELIOHAINEP~S Expansion: MAELIOHAIN EPISCOPUS Expansion: MAELIOHAIN EPSCOP Macalister/1909 5--6 reading only Macalister/1949 45 reading only Petrie/1872 70 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; below cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 918 - 918 (Lionard/1961) 918 - 918 (Macalister/1949) |
| Language: | Incomplete Information (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | The abbreviation EPS with contraction mark could stand for either Old Irish epscop, or Latin episcopus, making the choice of language an uncertain one. |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial, the A is in the `OC' form and the first example is ligatured with an E. The E is open and the middle stroke is elongated. The P is open-bowed; the S is minuscule and the L and I's have wedge-shaped finials. The contraction mark over the P of EPS indicates the commemorand as a bishop. |
| Legibility: | good The inscription is clear. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |