BAHAN/6

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1907:153
Macalister/1945:102
Site:BAHAN
Discovery:first mentioned, 1843 Windele, J.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:1.1 x 0.3 x 0.3 (Power/etal/1997)
Setting:in display
Location:Royal Irish Academy
Macalister/1945, 92--93, records the removal of all ogham stones from their original location in the Ballyhank souterrain, `one of these was purchased from the local farmer by F. M. Jennings in 1846, and presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy (PRIA 3: 213, without any statement of provenance): in 1849 Windele removed the remaining stones to his own residence. All six are now re-united in the Academy's collection'.
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 100: `This stone was...originally a very smooth pillar...almost triangular in horizontal section, with sides ranging round 1ft in breadth - a little more or less'.
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


BAHAN/6/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1907):LUGUNI
Expansion:
LUGUNI
Macalister/1907 90, 238 reading only
Ziegler/1994 260 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):IDLOGONN
Expansion:
IDLOGONN
Macalister/1945 101 concise discussion
Ziegler/1994 260 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):DILOGONN
Expansion:
DILOGONN
Macalister/1945 100--102 concise discussion
McManus/1991 65 reading only
Ziegler/1994 260 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; inc ; undecorated
Incision:scratched
Macalister/1945, 101: `roughly scratched'.
Date:None published
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 100: `On the dexter angle of face B, between 81/2" and 1' 4" above the stand, another inscription - a mere graffito - has been roughly scratched'. Macalister gives a choice of two readings explaining ` the ambiguity being due to the fact that the I, which is here represented by the forfid a unique circumstances in the case of this letter - is below, rather than to one side or the other of the D on the opposite face. The D might be interpreted as a T or a C, if we take in two scratches which flank its scores, but to these I feel that no importance is to be attached. Above these letters the whole angle is flaked away and there is no evidence to suggest that it bore any further writing'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

References


BAHAN/6/2     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):--]TEC[--][N][--][A][I]
Expansion:
TECANI AVI [--]AI
Macalister/1945 100--101 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 100--101: `An inscription was originally cut on the sinister angle of face A, on to the top, and down the rounded edge...beginning 2' 0 1/2 " above the pedestal.'
Incision:scored
Macalister/1945, 100: `...this inscription, which must have been in bold, well-spaced scores'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:Macalister/1945, 100--101, hypothesises on the character of the lost inscription; `Tecani avi (hardly maqi), followed by a short name ending ai, would about fill the space available and conform to the indications'.
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 100--101: `[an] inscription, which must have been in bold, well-spaced scores'.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 100--101: `Of this inscription, which must have been in bold, well-spaced scores, nothing remains but the proximal ends of what may have been TEC, on the sinister angle of face A; the distal ends of an N on the top of the stone; and the vowels AI upon the rounded edge between faces A and B, filling the space which lies between 2' 4 1/2" and 2' 4 1/2" above the pedestal'.

Power/etal/1997, 165: `...the original inscription has been almost entirely erased'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:yes

Names

References