Provenance
Discovery: First discovered by Petrie in 1822. Lost before 1872 and refound probably between 1954 and 1958. One of hundreds of cross-slabs discovered at St. Ciarán’smonastery of Clonmacnoise.
Findspot: Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis), Co. Offaly, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 600829, 730613)
Last recorded location(s): On display at the Visitors Centre Clonmacnoise.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: OF005-023018-
Object type: Cross-slab
Material: Sandstone
Dimensions: H 0.30 × W 0.56 × D 0.05 m
Decoration: Linear cross with wedge shaped terminals.
Condition: Badly worn with natural fissure. Cement damage (SMR record OF005-023018-).
Inscription
Text field: On a stem-line on the face of the cross-slab beneath the Latin-letter inscription.
Letters: Apart from the carved stem-line, there is also a feathermark to the left of the inscription. However, the text only makes sense when read from right to left (the opposite direction to that indicated by the feather-mark). The vowel (o) is carved with long stokes of equal length to the consonant strokes. All of these are generally late (reformed) features.
Edition
Ogham text: ᚁᚑᚉᚆᚈ᚛
Transcription: bocht᚛ ←
Translation
poor
References
- Lionard and Henry 1961, 98
- Macalister 1949, 59