BAKNK/6

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

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Inscriptions


BAKNK/6/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

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