SCHUD/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:262
Site:SCHUD
Discovery:recognised, 1899 Power, C.
History:Macalister/1945, 257: `Discovered by the Very Rev. Canon Power on the top of a low carn, which had suffered much wanton injury at the hands of shepherds. Removed for its protection to University College Cork'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 257: `Slate'.
Dimensions:1.37 x 0.38 x 0.15 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in display
Location:University College Cork
Macalister/1945, 257: `University College Cork'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 257: `much weathered'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ERCAGNIMA[QI]E ||| [R]CIAS
Expansion:
ERCAGNI MA[QI] E[R]CIAS
Macalister/1945 257 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):ERCAGNIMA[Q^C][I--
Expansion:
ERCAGNI MA[Q^C][I--
McManus/1991 66, 171 n12 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along down
Position:ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 257: `Inscription on two angles, up-top-down'.
Incision:inc
Date:400 - 450 (McManus/1991)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 93, notes that this inscription shows `no trace whatever of vowel affection' and therefore dates to the earliest period.

McManus/1991, 112--113, notes that it was uncommon for father and son in Ireland to have the same name, but they might have elements in common as occurs in this inscription. See also McManus/1991, 102, 107.

Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 257: `much weathered, and requiring careful scrutiny for its decipherment...2R is broken away, and Q45 and 2I are very faint. 2C is rather widely spaced'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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