ACKGL/1

Corpus Refs:Forsyth/1996:2
Site:ACKGL
Discovery:recognised, 1897 Nicholson, J.
History:Forsyth/1996, 11: `It was found on the links towards the south side of Keiss Bay in August 1896 by John Nicholson of Nybster, broken into several portions. In 1897 the stone was presented to the National Museum of Antiquities by Sir Francis Barry (NMS Cat. No. IB 168).'
Geology:Forsyth/1996, 13, `grey slate'.
Dimensions:1.2 x 0.6 x 0.08 (Forsyth/1996)
Setting:unattch
Location:National Museum Scotland (Cat: NMS Cat No. IB 168)
Forsyth/1996, 11: `In 1897 the stone was presented to the National Antiquities Museum by Sir Francis Tess Barry (NMS Cat. No. 1B 168)'.
Form:Pictish symbol-marked
Forsyth/1996, 13: `an undressed stone of irregular shape (because of local geology a slab rather than the more familiar boulder of further south)'.
Condition:frgmntry , some
Forsyth/1996,11, notes that this stone was in pieces when found. She adds, however[Forsyth/1996,13], that, `The various fragments of this slab have been cemented back together, but the surface of the upper part is missing, taking part of a symbol and perhaps part of the ogham with it'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:

Forsyth/1996, 14--15: `the Ackergill slab is carved with two of the standardized Pictish symbols - the remains of a fish and below it the so-called 'rectangle' - two reasonably common symbols. The rectangle ... is filled with spirals of La Tene style'.

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Readings

Allen & Anderson (1903):NEHTETRI
Allen/Anderson/1903 29 reading only
Forsyth, K.S. (1996):NEHTETRE[B^M]
Expansion:
NEHTETRE[B]
Expansion:
NEHTETRE[M]
Forsyth/1996 17 reading only
Forsyth, K.S. (1996):NEHTETRI[--
Expansion:
NEHTETRI[--
Forsyth/1996 17 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undivided
Incision:pocked
Forsyth/1996, 13: `...pocking and smoothing'.
Date:None published
Language:name only (oghms)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Forsyth/1996, 15--17, gives a detailed description of the ogham lettering.
Legibility:good
Forsyth/1996, 13, states that part of the ogham may be missing, but that `the remaining carving is clear and well preserved'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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