Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1907:150 Macalister/1945:99 |
Site: | BAHAN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1843 Windele, J. |
History: | |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 96: `Clayslate'. |
Dimensions: | 1.2 x 0.5 x 0.25 (Power/etal/1997) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | National Museum, Dublin Macalister/1945, 92--93, records the removal of all ogham stones from their original location in the Ballyhank souterrain, `one of these was purchased from the local farmer by F. M. Jennings in 1846, and presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy (PRIA 3: 213, without any statement of provenance): in 1849 Windele removed the remaining stones to his own residence. All six are now re-united in the Academy's collection'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 96: `The rest of the top angle has been battered'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | SACATTI ||| NI[-- Expansion: SACATTINI[-- Macalister/1907 86--89 reading only Macalister/1945 96--97 concise discussion |
McManus, D. (1991): | SACATT[I]N[I] Expansion: SACATT[I]N[I] McManus/1991 66 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; inc ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 96--97: `...the scores are pocked and rubbed'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 96--97: `the scores are pocked and rubbed on one edge: the last two letters are on the top of the stone. The rest of the top angle has been battered; there seems to have been a continuation of the inscription running along here and down the sinister angle, of which no trace now remains; in all probability in the forbidden "MUCOI" formula'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |