WHFLD/4

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:218
OSullivan/etal/1996:908
Site:WHFLD
Discovery:first mentioned, 1853 The MacGillicuddy
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:0.99 x 3.05 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:unattch
Location:National Museum, Dublin (Cat: W12)
Macalister/1945, 208: `Four stones inscribed with Ogham writing were exhibited by The MacGillicuddy of the Reeks at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853, and were presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy in the following year...Of these stones, two certainly...and all four probably, came from a souterrain in the townland of Whitefield'.
Form:plain
Condition:inc , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):L[A]G[O]BB[-- | MUCOTUCACAC
Expansion:
L[A]G[O]BB[--] MUCO TUCACAC
Macalister/1945 211 reading only
OSullivan/etal/1996 236 reading only
Ziegler/1994 270 reading only
Gippert, J. (1988):MUCOTUCACAC
Expansion:
MUCO TUCACAC
Gippert/Web 218 reading only [Gippert 218]
McManus, D. (1991):L[A]G[O]BB[--] | MUCOTUCAC[.]
Expansion:
L[A]G[O]BB [--] MUCO TUCAC[I]
McManus/1991 65, 112 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up up
Position:inc ; arris ; mixed ; undecorated
Incision:inc
OSullivan/etal/1996, 236: `the inscription on the second angle is poorly executed'.
Date:500 - 900 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macaliste/1945, 211--212: `the final AC is probably an illiterate lapidary's mistake for I'.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 211: `the first angle has been chipped away, leaving nothing but the distal ends of L[A]G[O]BB[... with vague traces of scores on the H surface near the top. On the other angle is MUCOTUCACAC where the final AC is probably an illiterate lapidary's mistake for I'.

Gippert/Web, Ogham 218: `(No reading should be attempted for the dexter angle. Macalister's BB is not identifiable, instead of his G only two B-strokes (= L?) can be seen. The slanting is not such as to ascertain a G'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:1
Doubtful:no

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