Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:109 |
Site: | KLWER |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1916 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 110, states that the first publication was by himself and E. MacNeill in 1916, and continues on p. 111: `With Rev. Canon Power I had the cave uncovered, and found the inscription'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 110: 'clayslate'. |
Dimensions: | 1.7 x 0.51 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | earliest Macalister/1945, 110: `In the souterrain of a ring-fort, which will be found in the second field from the road, on the right-hand side on the way from Barrahaurin to Athabatten, near Donaghmore: on the innermost lintel of the inner chamber'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | UDDMENSACELI ||| NETTA ||| SLOGI Expansion: UDDMENSA CELI NETTASLOGI Translation: Of Uddmensa (PN) the client of Nettaslogos (PN). Macalister/1945 110--111 reading only McManus/1991 171 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up along down |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | punched Macalister/1945, 110: `punched on the stone and then cut through'. |
Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 171, states that this inscription is one of the two most relaible examples of the CELI formula, also see p. 121. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 110--111: `The A of NETTA is broken, but that is the only detriment which the inscription has suffered'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |