BALBA/1

Corpus Refs:McManus/1991:xvii
Site:BALBA
Discovery:first mentioned, 1991 McManus, D.
History:McManus/1991, 76: `found in a souterrain in Ballybarrack, Co. Louth, this stone is now in the National Museum in Dublin'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:in display
Location:National Musuem of Ireland
McManus/1991, 76: `Found in a souterrain in Ballybarrack, Co. Louth, this stone is now in the National Museum, Dublin'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
McManus/1991, 76: `The top has been broken off, probably as part of the appropriation for use in the souterrain'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


BALBA/1/1

Readings

McManus, D. (1991):MAQICOR[A]B[I]RM[A]Q[I]TAN[.]B!][-- | N[E]T[A]S[A]L[A]GI[A]MAQ[I]M[U]C[OI][--
Expansion:
MAQI COR[A]B[I]R M[A]QI TAN[B!--] N[E]T[A] S[A]L[A]GI[A] MAQ[I] M[U]C[OI]
McManus/1991 76 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:cut
McManus/1991, 76: `Though incised very finely the consonants are legible but the vowel notches were not cut very deeply and many are uncertain'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
McManus/1991, 76: `Though incised very finely the consonants are legible but the vowel notches were not cut very deeply and many are uncertain...The first name is probably Mac-Coirpri but the remainder is doubtful. As the gen. NETAS is not attested the S following NeTa probably belongs to the following word'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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