Corpus Refs: | Cuppage/etal/1986:799 Macalister/1945:175 |
Site: | BRHAM |
Discovery: | inc, inc |
History: | |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 167: `pulvinar'. |
Dimensions: | 1.02 x 0.38 x 0.33 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | on ground |
Location: | other Macalister/1945, 167: `A pulvinar resembling the Ballintaggart group, in the collection brought together by Lord Ventry, and still in the grounds of Burnham: the original provenance is unrecorded'. |
Form: | Indeterminate |
Condition: | incomplete , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | MAQQIERCCIASMAQQIMUCOIDOVINIA Expansion: MAQQI ERCCIAS MAQQI MUCOI DOVINIA Cuppage/etal/1986 254 minor reference Macalister/1945 168 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 266 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | MAQQIERCCIAMAQQIMUCOIDOVINIA Expansion: MAQQI-ERCCIAS MAQQI MUCOI DOVINIA McManus/1991 95 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up down |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 102, 126, 176 note 40. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 167--168: `The scores are of small size, those of the vowels and the consonants being of about the same length, and distinguished by position only...The engraver had to reduce his exuberant double consonants toward the end of the inscription for want of space'. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 167: `The inscription...is worn and hard to read'. Cuppage et al/1986, 254: `Many of the scores are extremely faint and only the last word can now be traced in full'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |