AGHAS/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:317
Site:AGHAS
Discovery:first mentioned, 1882 Wakeman, W.
History:Macalister/1945, 305 gives 1882 as the earliest publication of this stone by Wakeman. He goes on to say that the stone had fallen at some date, but had been re-erected.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.22 x 0.46 x 0.53 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 305: `The surface at the place where the last name occurs is much disintegrated'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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AGHAS/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):DOTETTOMAQ[IMAGLANI]
Expansion:
DOTETTO MAQ[I MAGLANI]
Macalister/1945 305 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:SE ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 305: `...inscribed on the E.S.E. angle (in its present position...)'.
Incision:inc
Date:500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 305: `Double T in the first name seems to have been changed to a double C by prefixing a score to each letter; but the difference of technique is obvious.'
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 305: `The surface at the place where the last name occurs is much disintegrated, and the reading here given is admittedly open to doubt'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

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