KNWEE/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:112
Power/etal/1997:7969
Site:KNWEE
Discovery:in/on structure, 1910 Cremin & Murphy
History:Macalister/1945, 112: `In 1911 a souterrain was found in this townland with Oghams, indecipherable in their then position, on some of the lintels. Two years later the cave was dismantled, and the stones moved to University College Cork, where they now stand. Of the ten long stones used in the construction -- eight lintels and two supporting uprights -- six were found to be inscribed...[this one being] the innermost lintel'.

Power et al/1997, 168: `One of six ogham stones...used in the construction of souterrain (8910), discovered in 1910 and removed to UCC, where they remain'. Also see p. 281, for discussion of the excavations of 1910.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 112: `clay-slate'.
Dimensions:1.95 x 0.5 x 0.2 (Power/etal/1997)
Setting:in display
Location:University College Cork
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 112: `badly scaled'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[M]I[C]ANAVVI MAQ L[U]G[U]N[.]
Expansion:
[M]I[C]ANAVVI MAQ L[U]G[U]N[I]
Macalister/1945 112--113 reading only
Power/etal/1997 168 listing
McManus, D. (1991):[..]CANAVVIMAQL[--]N[--
Expansion:
[..]CANAVVI MAQ L[UGU]N[I]
McManus/1991 67 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:cut
Macalister/1945, 112: `cut in very fine scores'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 53: `stones 112 and 113...belong to a group found acting as lintels in a souterrain in Knockshanwee, County Cork, and would seem to commemorate brothers'. Also see p. 108.

McManus/1991, 96: `Inscriptions in which all endings are lost but which do not show the reduction brought about by syncope may be placed next in the chronological sequence. In these the word for `son' tends to be written MAQ, occasionally MAC, [e.g]. ?MICANAVVI MAQ LUGUN[I] (-I confirmed for the latter by 113, in each case the yo-stem gen. ending)'.

Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 112: `badly scaled, but quite decipherable'.

Macalister/1945, 113: `The H-half of the initial M can scarcely be seen; C is broken, the U's are very faint, and I is quite gone. The words are spaced, which is exceptional: there is a gap of 4 inches after the first word, and 2 1/2 inches after the second'.

Power et al/1997, 168: `both Power (1932, 21, no. 21) and Macalister...gave inscription as MICANAVVI MAQ LAGUNI; McManus (1991, 67) found the `MI of the first name was not clear...[and] could only read L and N with certainty in the second'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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