BABOR/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1907:154
Macalister/1945:59
Site:BABOR
Discovery:first mentioned, 1839 Windele, J.
History:Macalister/1945, 62--63, states that this stone came from a `site once bearing extensive earthworks', and that the stone itself had stood inside the enclosure along with three other non-inscribed stones.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 63: `Slate'.
Dimensions:2.08 x 1.4 x 0.36 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:name-slab
Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1945, 63--64: `badly battered ... Now much worn and obscure by lichen'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1907):--A]RTAGNI ||| [AV]I[D]I[T]IB[EA]S
Expansion:
--A]RTAGNI [AV]I [D]I[T]IB[EA]S
Macalister/1907 95 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):--]UIVAIBES ||| [--]RTAGNI
Expansion:
--]UIVAIBES [--]RTAGNI
Macalister/1945 64 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up up
Position:SE ; arris ; inc ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 63: `on the two angles of the narrow edge facing the S.E.'.
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 63: `pocked'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 63--64: `Now much worn and obscured by lichen. The lower part of the edge is flaked, and the beginning of both lines of writing is destroyed in consequence'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:yes

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