DUNAL/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:316
Site:DUNAL
Discovery:first mentioned, 1936 Lindsay, W.A.
History:Macalister/1945, 304: `[The stone] was found by Mr. W. A. Lindsay, who explored the structure'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 304: `basalt'.
Dimensions:1.17 x 0.3 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 304: `In the second of these chambers [of the souterrain] one of the roofing-stones [bears the inscription]'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


DUNAL/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):BROCAGNIMAQIMU
Expansion:
BROCAGNI MAQI MU[COI]
Macalister/1945 304 reading only
Ziegler/1994 278 listing

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:inc ; inc ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:scratched
Macalister/1945, 304: `faintly scratched'.
Date:400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 304: `The MU is presumably the beginning of MUCOI, but the inscription has been intentionally left incomplete at this point: there is no trace of any continuation'.

CISP: It is uncertain whether the drawing in Macalister/1945, 304, shows the inscription inscribed with a stem-line or rather inscribed along the arris of the stone.

Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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