Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1907:153 Macalister/1945:102 |
Site: | BAHAN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1843 Windele, J. |
History: | |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.1 x 0.3 x 0.3 (Power/etal/1997) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | Royal Irish Academy Macalister/1945, 92--93, records the removal of all ogham stones from their original location in the Ballyhank souterrain, `one of these was purchased from the local farmer by F. M. Jennings in 1846, and presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy (PRIA 3: 213, without any statement of provenance): in 1849 Windele removed the remaining stones to his own residence. All six are now re-united in the Academy's collection'. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 100: `This stone was...originally a very smooth pillar...almost triangular in horizontal section, with sides ranging round 1ft in breadth - a little more or less'. |
Condition: | inc , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1907): | LUGUNI Expansion: LUGUNI Macalister/1907 90, 238 reading only Ziegler/1994 260 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | IDLOGONN Expansion: IDLOGONN Macalister/1945 101 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 260 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | DILOGONN Expansion: DILOGONN Macalister/1945 100--102 concise discussion McManus/1991 65 reading only Ziegler/1994 260 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; inc ; undecorated |
Incision: | scratched Macalister/1945, 101: `roughly scratched'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 100: `On the dexter angle of face B, between 81/2" and 1' 4" above the stand, another inscription - a mere graffito - has been roughly scratched'. Macalister gives a choice of two readings explaining ` the ambiguity being due to the fact that the I, which is here represented by the forfid a unique circumstances in the case of this letter - is below, rather than to one side or the other of the D on the opposite face. The D might be interpreted as a T or a C, if we take in two scratches which flank its scores, but to these I feel that no importance is to be attached. Above these letters the whole angle is flaked away and there is no evidence to suggest that it bore any further writing'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | --]TEC[--][N][--][A][I] Expansion: TECANI AVI [--]AI Macalister/1945 100--101 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 100--101: `An inscription was originally cut on the sinister angle of face A, on to the top, and down the rounded edge...beginning 2' 0 1/2 " above the pedestal.' |
Incision: | scored Macalister/1945, 100: `...this inscription, which must have been in bold, well-spaced scores'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | Macalister/1945, 100--101, hypothesises on the character of the lost inscription; `Tecani avi (hardly maqi), followed by a short name ending ai, would about fill the space available and conform to the indications'. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 100--101: `[an] inscription, which must have been in bold, well-spaced scores'. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 100--101: `Of this inscription, which must have been in bold, well-spaced scores, nothing remains but the proximal ends of what may have been TEC, on the sinister angle of face A; the distal ends of an N on the top of the stone; and the vowels AI upon the rounded edge between faces A and B, filling the space which lies between 2' 4 1/2" and 2' 4 1/2" above the pedestal'. Power/etal/1997, 165: `...the original inscription has been almost entirely erased'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | yes |