Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:43 |
Site: | GRISL |
Discovery: | inc, 1925 Mason, S. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 48: `this inscription was discovered on the Great Saltee by Mr. Standish Mason of Dublin. It was afterwards removed by some persons, apparently induced by hope of gain inspired by publication in a local newspaper; but the rising of a gale so frightened the speculators that they threw it in the sea -- fortunately not into deep water, for it was subsequently rescued, and brought to the mainland: when I saw it (2 April, 1937) it was in the custody of the Parish Priest of Piercestown'. Moore/1996, 149: `now in County Museum Enniscarthy'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 48: `grit'. |
Dimensions: | 0.84 x 0.23 x 0.22 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | Wexford County Museum Moore/1996, 149: `now in county museum Enniscarthy'. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 48: `A waterworn pulvinar... [with] curved sides'. |
Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1945, 48. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1937): | LON[.]MI | [.]V[.]BARI Expansion: LON[A]MNI [A]V[I] BARI Macalister/1945 48 reading only |
Ziegler, S. (1994): | LONAMNI | AVIBARI Expansion: LONAMNI AVI BARI Ziegler/1994 255 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up up |
Position: | n/a ; other ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 48: `inscribed in two lines...on the curved sides'. |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 48: `pocked'. |
Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 48: `The A in the first word, and the A as well as I1234 in the second, are worn or battered away'. |
Legibility: | some |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |