GLEBE/2

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:132
Site:GLEBE
Discovery:first mentioned, 1879 Brash, R.R.
History:Macalister/1945, 129, credits Brash/1879, with the first publication of this ogham.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.98 x 0.38 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 130: `On the north-west of the carn'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 130, refers to 1 foot 4 and a half inches of the inscribed angle being `utterly chipped away'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


GLEBE/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):LACAVAGNI[--
Expansion:
LACAVAGNI[--
Macalister/1945 130 reading only
McManus/1991 66 reading only
Okelly/1952 38, note 24 reading only
Ziegler/1994 262 listing

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994)
Dating based on the linguistics of the name ((Zielger/1994, 191; zeitstufe I--III).
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Probably a large proportion of this inscription has been destroyed.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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