KLGRV/6

Corpus Refs:none
Site:KLGRV
Discovery:non-arch dig, 1966 anon
History:Raftery/1969, 105, `found in surface soil of an earthwork, possibly a ringfort, which was destroyed by bulldozer'. Raftery/1969, is a list of acquisitions by the National Museum of Ireland for 1966.
Geology:Raftery/1969, 105: `purple, slightly micaceous orthoquartzite of Old Red Sandstone age'.
Dimensions:0.98 x 0.42 x 0.13 (Raftery/1969)
Setting:in display
Location:National Museum of Ireland (Cat: 1966:96)
Raftery/1969, 105, indicates it is now in the National Museum of Ireland.
Form:Incomplete Information
Condition:incomplete , some
Rafter/1969, 105: `portion of the stone has been broken off in antiquity'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


KLGRV/6/1

Readings

Raftery, B. (1969):--]UMAQICUMOGODUUMUCO[--
Expansion:
--]U MAQI CUMOGODUU MUCO[--
McManus/1991 73 reading only
Raftery/1969 105 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along down
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 73: 'The name may contain the first two elements found in Comgán….in which case the final -DUU may be for -DI or -DIA'.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Raftery/1969, 105: `the beginning of the inscription is...missing'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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