Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:154 |
Site: | BALIG |
Discovery: | recognised, 1782 Pelham, H. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 149: `the stone...still remains on its old site'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 149: `Grit'. |
Dimensions: | 1.73 x 0.51 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 144: `still on the original site: it was for long buried in the sand, but has now been re-erected on the knoll, at or near the original site'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | incomplete , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CUNAMAQQICORBBIMAQQ ||| [--] ||| [--]S Expansion: CUNAMAQQI CORBBI MAQQ[I MUCCOI DOVVINIA]S Macalister/1945 149--150 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | [CU]NAMAQQICORBBIMAQQ[-- Expansion: [CU]NAMAQQI CORBBI MAQQ[-- McManus/1991 66 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up down |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 149: `pocked and rubbed'. |
Date: | 366 - 466 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 93--94. |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 51, states that the wording CUNAMAQQI CORBBI MAQQ[I--] on this stone is one of very few examples were parentage is indicated through the use of the possessive genitive, rather than through use of the word 'son'. Also see McManus/1991, 171. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 149, hypothetically restores the letters [I MUCCOI DOVVINIA]. He states that not a single trace of these letters survive. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 149: `in good condition'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |