Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1907:168 Macalister/1945:87 |
Site: | BAKNK |
Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1891 Barry, E. |
History: | Macalister/1907, 108: `...first brought to knowledge through the exertions of the late Father Barry, who, after describing them, had them buried again where they were found. They were afterwards re-exhumed, however, by Mrs Donovan's sons'. Macalister/1945, 85: `Afterwards under the influence of Rev. Canon Power...removed to University College, Cork'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 86: `Clayslate'. |
Dimensions: | 1.27 x 0.36 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | University College, Cork In University College, Cork, according to Macalister/1945, 85. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | inc , some Macalister/1945, 86, states that the stone has `suffered from weather-wear'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1907): | DRUTIQ[O!]LIMAQIMAQIQORINI Expansion: DRUTIQ[O]LI MAQI MAQI QORINI Macalister/1907 114 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 258 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | DRUTIQULIMAQIMAQIRODAGNI Expansion: DRUTIQULI MAQI MAQI-RODAGNI Macalister/1945 86--87 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 258 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 86: `Inscription on the dexter angle'. |
Incision: | scratched Macalister/1945, 86, `...scratched in the barest pinscrapes'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 109. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 86: `it was scratched in the barest pinscrapes, and subsequently suffered from weather-wear. It might be suggested that it is mere graffito, or at best a memorandum of something which was afterwards to be cut on a more formal monument: but against this is the fact that the scribe carefully blocked out the inscription first, scratching the number of nicks appropriate for each letter upon the edge of the stone; and afterwards developed these into scores by prolonging them across the adjacent surfaces'. Also see McManus/1991, 67. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 86: `Inscription ... difficult to decipher; it was scratched in the barest pinscrapes, and subsequently suffered from weather-wear. It might be suggested that it is mere graffito, or at best a memorandum of something which was afterwards to be cut on a more formal monument: but against this is the fact that the scribe carefully blocked out the inscription first, scratching the number of nicks appropriate for each letter upon the edge of the stone; and afterwards developed these into scores by prolonging them across the adjacent surfaces. We must, therefore, adopt the third explanation, that the inscription was made as inconspicuous as possible, presumably to evade hostile observation'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | yes |