BLTAG/8

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1897:19
Macalister/1945:162
Site:BLTAG
Discovery:first mentioned, 1804 Vallancey
History:Cuppage/etal/1986, 264, states that this stone came from a field on this S side'.

Macalister/1945, 151, credits Vallancey in his Collectanea of 1804 as the first record of the Ballintaggart stones.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 151: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.19 x 0.41 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Cuppage/etal/1986, 264: `now arranged [with the other BLTAG stones] in a circle within the enclosure [on site]'.
Form:boulder
Macalister/1945, 265: `a pulvinar of rather irregular shape'.

Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `This boulder...is less regular and smooth than the others but is of the same rounded oval form'.

Condition:complete , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


BLTAG/8/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):CUNAMAQQIA ||| VICOR ||| BBI
Expansion:
CUNAMAQQI AVI CORBBI
Macalister/1897 39 reading only
Macalister/1945 156 reading only
O'Kelly, M.J. (1986):CULIMAQQIAVICORBI
Expansion:
CULI MAQQI AVI CORBI
Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):CU[B^M][I]MAQQIAVICORBBI
Expansion:
CU[BI]MAQQI AVI CORBBI
Expansion:
CU[MI]MAQQI AVI CORBBI
McManus/1991 67 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 155: `pocked and rubbed'.
Date:366 - 466 (McManus/1991)
McManus/1991, 93--94.
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:For duscussion of the formula word AVI see McManus/1991, 118.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 156: `much worn; the last five letters, while not in serious doubt, can scarcely be discerned'.

Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `The ogham inscription is not clear and has been variously interpreted'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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