| Corpus Refs: | none |
| Site: | STNIN |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1877 Goudie, G. |
| History: | Forsyth/1996, 467: `Following a careful search in July 1876 this ogham-inscribed slab was found by the Shetland antiquarian Gilbert Goudie 'imbedded in the sand'. He presented it to the National Antiquities Museum in 1877 (NMS Cat. No. IB112)'. |
| Geology: | Forsyth/1996, 471: `lightly coloured sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.76 x 0.26 x 0.45 (Forsyth/1996) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | National Museum of Scotland (Cat: NMS Cat. No. IB 112) Now in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (NMS, Cat. No. IB 112). |
| Form: | name-slab Forsyth/1996, 471: `A carefully-prepared thin oblong slab, undecorated except for an ogham inscription carved up the entire length of one narrow edge'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Forsyth/1996, 471: `The two broad faces are severely laminated and large chunks of the surface have been lost. Both the upper and the lower edges are fractured. A portion of unspecified length is missing from the beginning of the edge'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Allen & Anderson. (1903): | BESMEQQNANA[M^G][M^G]OWEF Expansion: BESMEQQNANA[M^G][M^G]OWEF Allen/Anderson/1903 reading only |
| Forsyth, K.S. (1996): | [--][B!]ESMEQQNANNAMMOVVESt Expansion: [--][B!]ES MEQQ NANNAMMOVVESt Forsyth/1996 473--474 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated Forsyth/1996, 471: `A carefully-prepared thin oblong slab, undecorated except for an ogham inscription carved up the entire length of one narrow edge'. |
| Incision: | pock+ rub Forsyth/1996, 472: The ogham has been carved using the usual Pictish pock-and-smooth technique'. |
| Date: | - 699 (Forsyth/1996) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | Forsyth/1996, 478, `the formula 'X MAQQI Y' has been borrowed from the Irish'. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Forsyth/1996, 472, `well-preserved...it is clear that a portion, possibly substantial, has been lost from the beginning'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |