Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:267 |
Site: | DROMR |
Discovery: | recognised, 1867 Beary, M. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 262, states that this stone was found after 1867, but before 1934. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 263: `slate'. |
Dimensions: | 1.3 x 0.41 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest The photo in Macalister/1945, 264, shows the stone in the ground and on site. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | inc , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | MEDUSIMACILU | MUCOILUGA Expansion: MEDUSI MACI LU MUCOI LUGA Macalister/1945 263--264 reading only Ziegler/1994 263--264 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up up |
Position: | N ; arris ; inc ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 263: `pocked'. |
Date: | 550 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 263: `Evidently the scribe found that he had made a mistake (having written maci formucoi: compare the preceding inscription [DROM/1]), and so he began again on the second angle, and wrote the corrected version...The last three letters are carried across the face of the stone in the same manner as the end of the preceding inscription: the consonant G and its flanking vowels are not as carefully differentiated as they might have been'. |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 263: `in good order, though at first sight it appears imperfect...The arris is a little broken after the U, but the injuries would not have destroyed all traces of writing if there ever had been any. Evidently the scribe found that he had made a mistake (having written maci formucoi: compare the preceding inscription [DROM/1]), and so he began again on the second angle, and wrote the corrected version...The last three letters are carried across the face of the stone in the same manner as the end of the preceding inscription: the consonant G and its flanking vowels are not as carefully differentiated as they might have been'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 1 |
Doubtful: | no |