COLIN/5

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:23
Site:COLIN
Discovery:arch excav, 1929 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:Macalister/1945, 28: `also discovered in 1929', in the course of the excavations.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Macalister/1945, 28--29: `The stone had fallen, and one of the revetment slabs of the central mound had afterwards fallen over it, partially concealing it and completely covering the letters'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


COLIN/5/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):AV[.]S[.]MAQV[.]S
Expansion:
AV[I]S[I]S MAQVAS[--
Macalister/1945 28--29 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:incised
Macalister/1945, 28: `very fine scores...set at an unusual slope with reference to the stem-line'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 28: `very fine scores...set at an unusual slope with reference to the stem-line'.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 28: `Only two vowel notches remain...The initial A can just be detected with a magnifying glass. Below it the angle is broken, and there is no chance of further scores remaining, if there ever were any...The inscription is manifestly incomplete as it stands'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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