Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:1 Petrie/1878:11 |
Site: | INCHA |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1810 O'Farrel, J. |
History: | Petrie/1878, 10, states that a letter dated June 9 1839 between Petrie and O'Donovan discusses this stone, and that it was drawn at around this time. Rynne/1996, 205: `The first person recorded as having attempted a reading was described as an intelligent Irish-speaking soldier called James O'Farrel, regiment of the Tipperary Militia, who in 1810 fancifully interpreted it'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 1: 'Silurian grit'. |
Dimensions: | 0.71 x 0.25 x 0.15 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Macalister/1945, 1--2, implies that the stone remains on the Island of Inchagoill. |
Form: | cross-marked Macalister/1945, 1: `peculiar chair-like shape of the stone'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 1--2, argues that an ogham inscription has been stripped from the stone. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; plain 2: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; plain 3: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; n/a 4: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; plain 5: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; ind; none; none; n/a 6: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; plain 7: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; ; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 1: `Seven equal-armed crosses with bifid ends are cut upon the stone - one on the northern face and two on each of the others'. |
Petrie, G. (1845): | LIELUGNAEDONMACCIMENUEH Expansion: LIE LUGNAEDON MACCI MENUEH Translation: The stone of Lugnaedon (PN) son of Limenueh (PN). Petrie/1845 164--168 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | LIELUGUAEDON | MACCIMENUEH Expansion: LIE LUGUAEDON MACCI MENUEH Macalister/1945 1--3 reading only |
Higgins, J.G. (1987): | LIELUGAEDON | MACCIMENUEH Expansion: LIE LUGAEDON MACCI MENUEH Higgins/1987 303 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | S ; n/a ; below cross ; undivided Higgins/1987, 303: `Below the lower cross on the eastward-facing side, there is a long inscription in two lines'. |
Incision: | pocking Higgins/1987, 303: `executed by pocking'. |
Date: | 533 - 566 (Korolev/1984) 500 - 533 (McManus/1991) See McManus/1991, 88. |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 88, 96, 100, 104, 116, 117, 120, 121, 174. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945,1: `an early stage of development of Half Uncial script -- not quite emancipated from the formality of the Roman alphabet'. Higgins/1987, 303: `The letter forms comprise a mixture of majuscule and half uncial forms'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The second A is in the 'OC' form and the D with a vertical ascender and a closed bow also has a wedge-shaped finial, as does the initial L. The Es are in the rounded uncial form, sometimes with extended horizontal strokes. The H is minuscule as are the Ms and one of the Ns. The other N is in capitalis. The G is in the shape of an angular J. The drawing of Higgins shows flourishes on two of the U's, but these are not shown by Macalister. |
Legibility: | some |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |