BAVEL/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1907:242
Macalister/1945:302
Site:BAVEL
Discovery:first mentioned, 1896 Power, P.
History:Macalister/1945, 291, `...formerly at a gap in the wall of the second field (on this townland) from the road from Waterford to Dunhill...The reading was finally determined by Canon Power (the discoverer of the stone) and myself...This was fortunate for on a subsequent visit Canon Power found that the farmer had smashed the stone, and completely destroyed the inscription'.
Geology:Macalister/1907, 218: `hard and worn metamorphic slate'.
Dimensions:2.1 x 0.0 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1897)
Setting:Lost (present 1896, missing 1912)
Location:Macalister/1945, 291, records that the stone was discovered by Canon Power in 1896, but that Power later found that the stone had been destroyed.
Macalister/1945, 291, `...on a subsequent visit Canon Power found that the farmer had smashed the stone, and completely destroyed the inscription'.
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 291, `An irregularly-shaped standing stone'.
Condition:inc , n/a
Macalister/1945, 291, `...on a subsequent visit Canon Power found that the farmer has smashed the stone, and completely destroyed the inscription'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


BAVEL/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1907):CUMNI | MAQIMU[C]OIV[AL]UCI
Expansion:
CUMNI MAQI MUCOI VALUVI
Translation:

Macalister/1907 218--219 reading only
Macalister/1945 291 minor reference
Ziegler/1994 278 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):CUMNI | MAQIMUCOIVALUVI
Expansion:
CUMNI MAQI MUCOI VALUVI
Macalister/1945 291 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 122.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:n/a
Macalister/1945, 291: `2C was spalled away, but the proximal ends remained: the A of VALUVI and the first score of the L were also difficult to trace'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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