TMINE/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:17
Site:TMINE
Discovery:first mentioned, 1938 O' Toole, E.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:1.07 x 0.3 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 20: `Probably removed from an ancient graveyard to serve as a gatepost'.
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 20: `Originally a rounded pillar of pulvinar shape, but now split longitudinally, so that the horizontal cross-section is roughly semi-circular'.
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Macalister/1945, 20, states that some letters have been broken off.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):MUCOIMUCC[I]
Expansion:
MUCOI MUCC[I]
Macalister/1945 20 concise discussion
Ziegler/1994 254 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):MUCOI MUCC[--
McManus/1991 65 minor reference
Gippert, J. (1997):MUCOIMUCC[I]
Expansion:
MUCOI MUCC[i]
Gippert/Web Ogham 17 substantial discussion [Gippert 17]

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; inc
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 20: `The writing is pocked upon the middle of the rounded surface, the vowel signs being circular punched marks'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 20, notes the partial character of the surviving inscription: `There must have been two lines of writing, up-up: what is left is the second line, which (exceptionally) was on the dexter side'.

Gippert/1997, Ogham 17: `Only one vowel notch is preserved at the beginning of the fracture. The H-half of both M characters is extremely short, thus suggesting a reading B; MUCOI at least seems certain, though'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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