Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00334 Dimensions: H 0.89, W 0.641, T 0.04 Double outline expansional cross with median line. The looped semicircular terminals have fret pattern and the central expansion (what survives) contains a triple arm spiral. Four zoomorphic animals frame the cross. Inscription: 'O[R] DO CHOBTHAC' Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822 saw it complete. Macalister saw only four pieces. Condition: Broken into 5 fragments with right arm missing. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-199, 972 Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XIII, no. 32 Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 132, Fig 23, no. 1. 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

9th- to 10th-century AD; the cross-slab likely served a Christian funerary or commemorative function, typical of monastic sites like Clonmacnoise. Its decorative elements reflect Insular artistic traditions associated with early Irish Christianity.