| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:63 |
| Site: | GLEWI |
| Discovery: | arch excav, 1844 Cotter, J. & Hackett |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 66, `News of the discovery [by Cotter and Hackett] was communicated to Windele by Rev. J. Cotter, and the stone thus numbered was subsequently removed to Royal Cork Institution. It is now in the collection of University College, Cork.' |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 66: `Reddish clay slate'. |
| Dimensions: | 2.18 x 0.56 x 0.15 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | University College, Cork University College, Cork. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | COLOMAGN[A!][.]V[.]DUC[A!][R.] Expansion: COLOMAGN[I] [A]V[I] DUC[U]R[I] Macalister/1945 67 reading only Ziegler/1994 257 listing |
| McManus, D. (1991): | COLOMAGN[..]V[.]D[--] Expansion: COLOMAGN[I .]V[.] D[--] McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 67: `the dexter inscripton'. |
| Incision: | cut Macalister/1945, 67: `cut in fine lines'. |
| Date: | 500 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) Based on linguistic evidence (see Ziegler/1994, 153; zeitstufe II). |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 67: `Of the first I only I remains; the A and the second I [are] lost: of the second U only U remains: the R is flaked, and the last I is lost'. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 67: `The dexter inscription...is much flaked; but the reading is recoverable, although the concluding letters are almost evanescent'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 113: `Note also the name ... COLOMAGNI ... which appears to be a derivative through British of Latin columba 'dove' (whence Colmán, Columbus, Columbanus etc.).'
Also see Ziegler/1994, 153, for linguistic discussion.
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | B[RU]SC[.]M[.]QIDOVALESCI Expansion: B[RU]SC[O] M[A]QI DOVALESCI Macalister/1945 67 reading only Ziegler/1994 257 listing |
| McManus, D. (1991): | BR[.]SC[--]DOVALESC[.] Expansion: BR[U]SC[O MAQI] DOVALESC[I] McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 6: `the sinister inscription'. |
| Incision: | punched Macalister/1945, 67: `punched in bold scores'. |
| Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) Dating based on linguistic evidence (Ziegler/1994, 143, 170; zeitstufe I--II). |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 88, 116, 122, 125. |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 67: `Some of the vowels are spalled away. as is also the H-half of the R'. |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 67: `Some of the vowels are spalled away, as is also the H-half of the R'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 106: `BRUSCO (Latinized Bruscus, brosc? 'thunder')'.
McManus/1991, 103, 106: `DOVALESCI (Duiblesc) ... (he who is) black and sluggish'.' Also see p. 105.