BLYGH/1

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'.

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Inscriptions


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Readings

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

Notes

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

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BLYGH/1/2     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):FECTQUENILOC[--]
Expansion:
FECT QUENILOC [--]
Macalister/1945 164 reading only

Notes

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

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