Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:3 |
Site: | ISLAN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1898 Rhys, J. |
History: | |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 5: `Grit'. |
Dimensions: | 1.6 x 0.56 x 0.56 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | inc Macalister/1945, 5, notes that it was `standing on the top of a low mound, apparently an artificial tumulus'. As the result of digging around its base, however, the stone had slipped, and thus, at the time Macalister was writing, stood at a slope of about 75 degrees. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , good Macalister/1945, 5, notes that although this inscription is `injured by wear and chipping', the reading is `certain'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CUNALEGIAVIQUNACANOS Expansion: CUNALEGI AVI QUNACANOS Macalister/1945 5 concise discussion |
Gippert, J. (1978): | CUNALEGIA[V]QUNACANOS Expansion: CUNALEGI A[V] QUNACANOS Gippert/Web Ogham 3 substantial discussion [Gippert 3] |
Orientation: | vertical up along down |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; inc |
Incision: | incised Macalister/1945, 5, describes the incisions as `bold scores'. |
Date: | 466 - 499 (Korolev/1984) 400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 90, 95, 102, 117, 122. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 5, notes that despite some rubbing, chipping and wear the inscription is nevertheless `certain'. Gippert/Web, Ogham 3: `Q1 might well be secondary, given that it is much shorter than the other strokes of this letter; cp. figs. 9 and 10. If not, it can be taken as a mere scribal error; at least, no linguistic conclusions can be drawn from its existence, e.g. as to the dating of the inscription into a period when the difference between C = /k/ and Q = /kw/ no longer existed. Of the V, even the distal ends are hardly conceivable, and there is hardly room enough for restituting an I on the sinister part of the top'.
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Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |