| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:61 Macalister/1949:641 Petrie/1872:69 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G. |
| History: | First recorded in Petrie/1872, 36. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 47. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.86 x 0.66 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , some The top two corners and the bottom-right corner have been damaged, but otherwise the stone appears in good condition. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; circular; angular; inner curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 12--13: `Four-line cross in a three-line panel; intersections of cross invecked, and surrounded by a circle; spaces between cross and circle voided. On the cross a crosslet pattee in the centre of which is a voided lozenge containing a pellet, and from whose arms crutched bars run along the surface of the main cross'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | BLAIMAC Expansion: BLAIMAC Lionard/1961 162 reading only Macalister/1909 13 reading only Macalister/1949 47 reading only Petrie/1872 36 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated The text is outside the margins and above the cross. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 891 - 896 (Lionard/1961) 891 - 896 (Petrie/1872) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form and the initial B has a wedge-shaped finial. This B has a slightly curved ascender and an open bow. The L may also have a wedge-shaped finial, while the top of the I is serifed. The M has a curved top-stroke and a short stroke to the left from the top of the left-most ascender. |
| Legibility: | good The text is clear. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 162, accepts this identification.