Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:170 |
Site: | BLYGH |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1845 Petrie, G. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 163 cites Petrie/1845, 136, as the first recording of the stone. Macalister/1945, 163--164, and Cuppage/etal/1986, 268, record the stone as still on site. The stone is now secured within a metal fence and is standing on a platform of concrete. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.68 x 0.46 x 0.28 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 161--162, and Cuppage/etal/1986, 268, record the stone as still on site. The stone is now secured within a metal fence and is standing on a platform of concrete. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 138: `in front of the oratory' on the site. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 163: `obtuse-angled rhombus in section'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 138: `large ... pillar'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 163: `the top has been broken and battered away ... some of the vowels [in the inscription] are damaged'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; expanded; expanded; plain; none; n/a; none; plain 2: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; plain; none; n/a; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 163: `a cross with equal arms, expanding regularly, is cut on the face, on the dexter side of the inscription, while another cross, with expanding terminals...is cut on the surface of the opposite face'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | QENILOCIMAQIMAQIAINIAMUC[-- Expansion: QENILOCI MAQI MAQI-AINIA MUC[OI-- Cuppage/etal/1986 268 reading only Macalister/1945 163 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | NE ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 400 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 95, 109, 115, 118. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 163:`So far as it goes the inscription is perfectly clear, though some of the vowels are damaged'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | FECTQUENILOC[--] Expansion: FECT QUENILOC [--] Macalister/1945 164 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | NE ; broad ; beside cross ; undivided |
Incision: | scratched Macalister/1945, 163: `[the] graffito is scratched...crudely made'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Incomplete Information (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | Elsewhere Macalister interprets FECT to mean 'the grave', Macalister/1945, 169. It could also be taken as an abbrevaited form of Latin fecit. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 164: `half-uncials'. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 163, refers to a graffito scratched in a line parallel to the Ogham on this stone, however Cuppage/etal/1986, 268, states that there is `no trace whatever' of this inscription. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | yes |