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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Double outline cross with circular centre and the name LLINICANER ADINLECSA on the left side. Petrie drew it at Clonmacnoise in 1822, then it vanished. What remains is a shadow of a cross, holding a life that stopped being visible when the stone did.
Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00262 Dimensions: Unknown. Double outline cross with circular centre. Inscription: 'OR DO UO M….LLINICANER ADINLECSA' runs down the left side of the cross. 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 LXIX, no. 165. 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
Date likely to the 9th–10th century AD, based on the style of the high crosses common in early Christian Ireland. The inscription appears to be a personal dedication, possibly in Old Irish, suggesting a Christian funerary or commemorative function.

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