| Corpus Refs: | Kermode/1907:3 Macalister/1902:125 Macalister/1945:501 |
| Site: | ARBRY |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1885 Savage, E. |
| History: | Rhys/1886, 94, `The next stone was one which Mr. Savage had lately discovered'. Bruce/1968, 39, `in 1885, this stone was seen by the Rev. E.B. Savage (MS. notes at Manx Museum) built into the south wall of the Friary church...in 1893 [the stone was]...stated to have been removed to Castle Rushen...now in the Manx Museum'. According to Rhys/Browne/1891, 38, the stone was `in the possession of Mr. Crellin of the Friary Farm'.
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| Geology: | Kermode/1907, 99: 'sericite schist'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.35 x 0.32 x 0.15 (converted from Kermode/1907) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Manx Museum, Douglas (Cat: MM3) Macalister/1945, 480, `preserved in the Manx Museum'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | incomplete , good Macalister/1945, 480: `...top of the stone is broken, and the sinister edge hacked away with intention'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | No decoration on stone. |
| Rhys, J. (1886): | CUNAMAGLIMA[Q][--] Expansion: CUNAMAGLI MA[Q--] Rhys/1886b 94 reading only Rhys/1887 63 reading only Rhys/Browne/1891 38--41 reading only |
| Kermode, P.M.C. (1907): | CUNAMAGLIMA[Q][-- Expansion: CUNAMAGLI MAQ[-- Translation: (…) of Cunamaglas son [of N.N.] Kermode/1907 73--74, 99 substantial discussion Kermode/1910-1911 437 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CUNAMAGLIMA[Q][-- Expansion: CUNAMAGLI MAQ[-- Macalister/1945 480 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 480, inscription on a ridge running through the narrow dexter edge. |
| Incision: | incised Macalister/1945, 480, `...pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994) Ziegler/1994, 159--160, dates the stone to her period I, that is AD 400-500. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 103, 110, 113. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Kermode/1907, 99, suggests some Ogham before the surviving text, but this has not been noted by anyone else. Kermode also stated that the last vowel is `scarcely visible; the upper end of the stone has been broken off at the third stroke of the character for `Q'.' |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Kermode/1907, 99, `...we do not meet with the name elsewhere in lapidary inscriptions'.
Ziegler/1994, 159--160, states that the name is an o-stem in the genitive singular and that CUNA- gave Old Irish cú and that -MAGLI gave Old Irish mál.