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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00183 Dimensions: Unknown Two line ring cross with hollow angles. Inscription: 'OR DO COMGAN'. Evidence of discovery: Drawn by Petrie at Clonmacnoise in 1822. Condition: Lost after 1822. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p V, no. 13. The Clonmacnoise inventory was compiled by the Office of Public Works. A copy of the record for this slab is available for inspection in the relevant Archaeological Survey of Ireland (SMR) file. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Dated to the early Christian period (6th–10th century), the cross-slab likely served as a gravestone or commemorative monument. The inscription "OR DO COMGAN" is a dedication in Old Irish, meaning "Prayer for Comgan," indicating a Christian funerary or devotional use.

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