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