Corpus Refs: | Forsyth/1996:13 |
Site: | CBURG |
Discovery: | recognised, 1875 Clark, G. |
History: | Forsyth/1996, 206: `Three ogham-inscribed fragments were recovered from the vicinity of the churchyard of the ancient, long-disused church of Cunningburgh ... All three are now in the NMS. ... The second (NMS IB 115) [this stone] was found probably in 1874 or 1875 `close by the burying ground' by Rev. George Clark, the Free Church Minister of Cunningsburgh, and presented to the NMS in April 1883'. |
Geology: | Forsyth/1996, 213: `Sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.3 x 0.19 x 0.65 (Forsyth/1996) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | National Museum of Scotland Forsyth/1996, 206: `now in the NMS'. |
Form: | Indeterminate Forsyth/1996. 213: `Since three of its sides at least, must have been visible, it might have lain horizontally as a cover, or stood vertically, either free-standing or as an end-slab in a composite construction'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , some Forsyth/1996, 213: `A triangular fragment of grey sandstone, carved with two incomplete lines of ogham'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Allen & Anderson. (1903): | D(E)V(O)DDR(E) Expansion: D(E)V(O)DDR(E) Allen/Anderson/1903 16 reading only |
Forsyth, K.S. (1996): | --][D!][O!]VDDR[S!][OA^U][-- Expansion: --][D!][O!]VDDR[S!][OA][-- Expansion: --][D!][O!]VDDR[S!][U][-- Forsyth/1996 213--219 substantial discussion |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated Forsyth/1996, 213: `...two lines of ogham letters, one written on the arris, the other across the broad face with a drawn-in stem line'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (oghms) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Forsyth/1996, 216: `The form of the script is distinctive, consisting of long thin strokes quite different from the thick, formal, squareish lettering of Cunningsburgh 1 [CBURG/1]. The marked distinction between short vowels and long consonants is noteworthy'. |
Legibility: | some Forsyth/1996, 213: `Ogham on face well-preserved, but arris badly damaged'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Allen & Anderson. (1903): | EHTECON MOR Allen/Anderson/1903 16 reading only |
Forsyth, K.S. (1996): | --]EHTECONMOR[S] Expansion: --]EHTE CONMOR[S] Forsyth/1996 214--218 substantial discussion |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | inc ; broad ; inc ; undecorated Forsyth/1996, 213: `...two lines of ogham letters, one written on the arris, the other across the broad face with a drawn-in stem line'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (oghms) |
Ling. Notes: | Forsyth/1996, 218: `If John Koch's suggestion that ETTECUHETTS [from Lunnasting] is ette-cuhett-s `this is as far as' is accepted (cf. MW kyhyt `of the same length, as long', cihit-on, cohiton used in Old Welsh and Old Breton boundary clauses as `limits, extents, what is as far as'. .. Cunningsburgh 3's ETTECONMORS may be a parallel ette-conmor-s `this is/these are as great as'. The equative of Welsh mawr `great', `big', is kymeint `of the same size', but it is conceivable that Pictish may have had something like conmor, for Pictish mor (Welsh mawr) cf. mormaer `great steward'. The final -s may be a reduced form of the Pictish cognate of the Breton affixed demonstrative - se. A stone inscribed with this phrase may have functioned as a territorial marker'. |
Palaeography: | Forsyth/1996, 216: `The form of the script is distinctive, consisting of long, thin strokes, quite different from the thick formal, square-ish lettering of Cunningsburgh I [CBURG/1]'. |
Legibility: | poor Forsyth/1996, 215: `The carving is generally clear and well-preserved, the only doubt comes from where the lettering crosses the short arris'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |