| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:25 Macalister/1949:621 Petrie/1872:45 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1832 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 28: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1832'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 45. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.74 x 0.56 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | name-slab |
| Condition: | complete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 6: `A Latin cross pattee'. |
| Petrie, G. (1832): | O~R~ DOFIN | NACHTU Expansion: OROIT DO FINNACHTU Translation: n/a Macalister/1909 6 reading only Macalister/1949 45 reading only Petrie/1872 27 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; separated The inscription is in two lines on either side of the cross. |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1909, 6: `this is a beautiful example of engraving'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial and the initial OR has a contraction mark over it. The R is majuscule; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow, and the ascender of the last U continues far below the curved stroke which joins it from the left. |
| Legibility: | good The inscription is clear. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |