BAKNK/8

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1907:170
Macalister/1945:89
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, 88: `A reddish sandstone grit'.
Dimensions:1.32 x 0.36 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in display
Location:unknown
Macalister/1945, 85, now in `University College, Cork'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 89: `...worn and slightly chipped'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


BAKNK/8/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1907):MOGAIMAQIBIRACO
Expansion:
MOGAI MAQI BIRACO
Macalister/1907 116 concise discussion
Ziegler/1994 259 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1907):BOGAIMAQIB ||| IRACO
Expansion:
BOGAI MAQI BIRACO
Macalister/1907 116 minor reference
Macalister/1945 88--89 concise discussion
Ziegler/1994 258 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):BOGAIMAQIB ||| I[R]AC ||| [O]
Expansion:
BOGAI MAQI B[I]RAC[O]
McManus/1991 65, 108 reading only
Gippert, J. (1997):BOGAIMAQI[B] ||| [IRAC] ||| [--
Expansion:
BOGAI MAQI [B][I]RAC[--
Gippert/Web Ogham 89 concise discussion [Gippert 89]

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 88, `Inscription pocked'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 108, 116.
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 89: `The R is injured by the loss of a spall, and there is another, broken from the angle after the final vowel, which might have completed an I'.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 89: `...worn and slightly chipped, but legible'.

Gippert/Web, Ogham 89: `The patronymic is more than doubtful. Only two vowel notches are conceivable'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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