| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:113 Power/etal/1997:7970 |
| Site: | KNWEE |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1910 Cremin & Murphy |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 112--113: `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 stone was] found supporting the end of the next lintel to No. I [KNWEE/1]'. Poweret 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'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 113: `slate'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.75 x 0.4 x 0.25 (Power/etal/1997) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | University College Cork |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | VEQI{X}A[M^B]IMAQILUGUNI Expansion: VEQIKAMI MAQI LUGUNI Macalister/1945 113--114 reading only Power/etal/1997 168 listing |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | cut Macalister/1945, 113: `neatly cut in minute scores'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | Macalister/1945, 113--114: `presumably the monument of a brother of the owner of the first stone [KNWEE/1]'. McManus/1991, 53: `Thus 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 pp. 108, 118. 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: | Macalister/1945, 114, suggests that the first M might be a B `as it only just crosses the edge, but I think that M is, on the whole, more probable'. |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 113: `perfectly legible'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |