Corpus Refs: | McManus/1991:xvii |
Site: | BALBA |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1991 McManus, D. |
History: | McManus/1991, 76: `found in a souterrain in Ballybarrack, Co. Louth, this stone is now in the National Museum in Dublin'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | National Musuem of Ireland McManus/1991, 76: `Found in a souterrain in Ballybarrack, Co. Louth, this stone is now in the National Museum, Dublin'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | incomplete , some McManus/1991, 76: `The top has been broken off, probably as part of the appropriation for use in the souterrain'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
McManus, D. (1991): | MAQICOR[A]B[I]RM[A]Q[I]TAN[.]B!][-- | N[E]T[A]S[A]L[A]GI[A]MAQ[I]M[U]C[OI][-- Expansion: MAQI COR[A]B[I]R M[A]QI TAN[B!--] N[E]T[A] S[A]L[A]GI[A] MAQ[I] M[U]C[OI] McManus/1991 76 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | cut McManus/1991, 76: `Though incised very finely the consonants are legible but the vowel notches were not cut very deeply and many are uncertain'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some McManus/1991, 76: `Though incised very finely the consonants are legible but the vowel notches were not cut very deeply and many are uncertain...The first name is probably Mac-Coirpri but the remainder is doubtful. As the gen. NETAS is not attested the S following NeTa probably belongs to the following word'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |