ROVMO/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:124
Site:ROVMO
Discovery:in/on structure, 1866 Pitt-Rivers
History:Macalister/1945, 122: `found by Col. Lane-Fox (afterwards General Pitt-Rivers) in the souterrain of a ringfort, removed by him, and presented to the British Museum'.
Geology:
Dimensions:2.13 x 0.32 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in display
Location:British Museum (Cat: 1866,5-11,1)
Now in the British Museum Reserve. Accession number 1866,5-11,1.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , good
Macalister/1945, 122: `the top is fractured'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ANAVLAMATTIASMUCO ||| I[--] ||| OELURIAVIA{K}ERAS
Expansion:
ANAVLAMATTIAS MUCOI [N]OELURI AVI AKERAS
Macalister/1945 122 reading only
McManus/1991 73 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along down
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:Macalister/1945, 122: `The formula is unusual, genealogical details being given regarding the person whose name follows MUCOI'. On this point also see McManus/1991, 171.

Also see McManus/1991, 94, 178.

Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 122: `The top is fractured, carrying off a letter or two from the middle'.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 122: `the top is fractured, carrying off a letter or two from the middle'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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