BALIG/7

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:154
Site:BALIG
Discovery:recognised, 1782 Pelham, H.
History:Macalister/1945, 149: `the stone...still remains on its old site'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 149: `Grit'.
Dimensions:1.73 x 0.51 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Macalister/1945, 144: `still on the original site: it was for long buried in the sand, but has now been re-erected on the knoll, at or near the original site'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):CUNAMAQQICORBBIMAQQ ||| [--] ||| [--]S
Expansion:
CUNAMAQQI CORBBI MAQQ[I MUCCOI DOVVINIA]S
Macalister/1945 149--150 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):[CU]NAMAQQICORBBIMAQQ[--
Expansion:
[CU]NAMAQQI CORBBI MAQQ[--
McManus/1991 66 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up down
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 149: `pocked and rubbed'.
Date:366 - 466 (McManus/1991)
McManus/1991, 93--94.
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 51, states that the wording CUNAMAQQI CORBBI MAQQ[I--] on this stone is one of very few examples were parentage is indicated through the use of the possessive genitive, rather than through use of the word 'son'. Also see McManus/1991, 171.
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 149, hypothetically restores the letters [I MUCCOI DOVVINIA]. He states that not a single trace of these letters survive.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 149: `in good condition'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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