Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:3 Macalister/1949:599 Petrie/1872:52 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Macalister/1909, 1: `I cannot find it in Petrie; it might be part of his No. 52'. If this identification is accepted, as it is in Macalister/1909, 42, then according to Petrie/1872, 31, this stone was drawn by George Petrie on the site of Clonmacnois in 1822. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 43. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.25 x 0.22 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | Indeterminate |
Condition: | frgmntry , poor |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Petrie, G. (1822): | + O~R~DOMA | ELMAIRE Expansion: + OROIT DO MAELMAIRE Translation: Pray for Maelmaire (PN). Petrie/1872 30--31, Fig. 52 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | --]DO[-- Expansion: --]DO[-- Macalister/1909 1 reading only Macalister/1949 43 reading only |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; n/a ; n/a ; ind |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | The surviving letters DO may form part of an oroit do formula, but we cannot be certain. |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial, and the D has a very short ascender which bends to the left. |
Legibility: | poor The D is clear, but only the top half of the O survives. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |