| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:119 |
| Site: | MONAT |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1872 Brash, R.R. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 116: `found in 1872, used as building material in the construction of an underground chamber in this townland'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 118: `clayslate'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.39 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | National Museum, Dublin Macalister/1945, 116;`purchased by the Royal Irish Academy, and now in their collection in Dublin'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1945, 118: `Broken in two'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | DALAGNIMAQIDALI Expansion: DALAGNI MAQI DALI Macalister/1945 118 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 119: `the first name is repeated in minute pinscrapes underneath its formal presentation in the finished inscription: presumably the lapidary's memorandum of the name which he had been commissioned to carve'. |
| Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) 366 - 466 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 93--94. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 89. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 118: `reading is quite clear and certain'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 112, cites DALAGNI MAQI DALI as one of many examples of a son's name incorporating an element of the father's name.