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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Breaker and maker both. You need loss to see the shape of the chamber. The chamber is a living creature. The victim and the vessel are one. The chamber is a sacred creature. It wants to be known. It uses you to complete itself.
Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00234 Dimensions: H 0.18, W 0.10, T 0.055 An outline ring cross with hollow angles. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'TR' across the arm of the cross. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Fragment with part of centre ring and upper arm.. 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
A 9th- to 10th-century Christian cross-slab, likely used as a grave marker or commemorative monument, with the partial inscription "TR" possibly indicating a name or dedication. Clonmacnoise was a major monastic site, and such crosses often had religious or funerary significance.

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