BLTAG/6

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1897:17
Macalister/1945:160
Site:BLTAG
Discovery:first mentioned, 1804 Vallancey
History:Cuppage/etal/1986, 265, states that this stone came from `the cairn or the nearby `tombs'.'

Macalister/1945, 151, credits Vallancey in his Collectanea of 1804 as the first record of the Ballintaggart stones.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 151: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.07 x 0.41 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Cuppage/etal/1986, 264: `now arranged [with the other BLTAG stones] in a circle within the enclosure [on site]'.
Form:boulder
Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `...rounded boulder, with flattened upper and lower surfaces'.
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; linear; expanded; expanded; plain; none; none; none; n/a
Decorations:

Macalister/1945, 154: `Inscription on two sides, with a cross of unusual design on the face intercepted between them'.

Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `...an unusual cross motif. The ends of the side arms take the form of a trident or 3-pronged fork, the arms themselves forming the middle prong. A short cross-bar directly below the end of the upper arm gives the impression of a small cross here.The lower arm has a bifurcated terminal and a short detached groove continues the line of the arm between the 2 prongs'.

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Inscriptions


BLTAG/6/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1897):TRIAMAQAMAILAGNI
Expansion:
TRIAM MAQAM MAILAGNI
Translation:
Of the three sons of Mailagnos (PN).
Macalister/1897 37 reading only
Macalister/1945 154 reading only
McManus/1991 65 reading only
Ziegler/1994 265 reading only
Cuppage, J. (1986):TRIAMAQAMAILA ||| GNI | CURCITTI
Expansion:
TRIA MAQA MAILAGNI CURCITTI
Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along
Position:n/a ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 154: `pocked and rubbed, but in fair condition'.
Date:366 - 466 (McManus/1991)
McManus/1991, 93--94.
Language:celtic and latin (ogham)
Ling. Notes:Macalister/1945, 154--155, sees TRIA as standing for `three'.

McManus/1991, 85: `TRIA MAQA MAILAGNI (<*triyon maqqon Mailagni 'of the three sons of Maílagnas')'. Also see his 117, 121, 176.

Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 154: `The two lines of writing are certainly independent of one another, that on the sinister side being in scores much bolder and broader than that on the dexter'.

McManus/1991, 176, note 38, agrees that the two texts on this stone are stylistically different and probably unrelated.

Legibility:good
Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `The 1st notch of the 3rd I is not clear but was noted in several earlier accounts'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


BLTAG/6/2     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1897):CURCITTI
Expansion:
CURCITTI
Macalister/1897 37 reading only
Macalister/1945 155 reading only
Ziegler/1994 265 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along
Position:n/a ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 154: `pocked and rubbed...The two lines of writing are certainly independent of one another, that on the sinister side being in scores much bolder and broader than that on the dexter. The former doubtless belongs to a later appropriation of the stone'.
Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `This difference is not, however, particularly evident'.
Date:366 - 466 (McManus/1991)
McManus/1991, 93--94.
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 108, 115.
Palaeography:McManus/1991, 176, note 38, argues that the two texts on this stone are stylistically different and probably unrelated.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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