| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1907:150 Macalister/1945:99 |
| Site: | BAHAN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1843 Windele, J. |
| History: | |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 96: `Clayslate'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.2 x 0.5 x 0.25 (Power/etal/1997) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | National Museum, Dublin 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 |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 96: `The rest of the top angle has been battered'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | SACATTI ||| NI[-- Expansion: SACATTINI[-- Macalister/1907 86--89 reading only Macalister/1945 96--97 concise discussion |
| McManus, D. (1991): | SACATT[I]N[I] Expansion: SACATT[I]N[I] McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; inc ; undecorated |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 96--97: `...the scores are pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 96--97: `the scores are pocked and rubbed on one edge: the last two letters are on the top of the stone. The rest of the top angle has been battered; there seems to have been a continuation of the inscription running along here and down the sinister angle, of which no trace now remains; in all probability in the forbidden "MUCOI" formula'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |