COOGH/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:104
Site:COOGH
Discovery:first mentioned, 1817 Humphreys, J.
History:Macalister/1945, 105: `The inscription was discovered in 1817 by a Mr. Joseph Humphreys'.

Macalister/1945, 103: `Standing in the graveyard of the now ruined Protestant parish church of Aghabulloge'.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 103: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.57 x 0.29 x 0.17 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Gippert/Web, 104, shows the stone still [1981] standing in the graveyard.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; n/a
2: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; n/a
3: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; ind; n/a
Decorations:

Macalister/1945, 103--104: `Two plain crosses are scratched upon the back of the stone, and another cross is roughly cut on the H-surface'.

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Inscriptions

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ANMCORREMAQVIUDD[...]METT
Expansion:
ANM CORRE MAQVI UDD[GLO]METT
Macalister/1945 104--105 reading only
McManus/1991 95 reading only
Gippert, J. (1997):[ANM]CORR{EA}MAQV[VE]D[DEL]M{EA}TT
Expansion:
ANM CORREA MAQ VVEDDELMEATT
Gippert/Web 104 reading only [Gippert 104]

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:NE ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided
Incision:scored
Macalister/1945, 104: `The scores are smoothed out by rubbing'.
Date:500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 104: `Both E's are made with the forfid. The V looks at first sight like an S, owing to a fracture; but the apparent fourth score is too indefinite, in contrast with the other three, to be admitted.'
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 103: `Inscription...much rubbed in the middle though in good condition at the ends'.

Gippert/Web, 104: `Hardley any traces between 2D and 2M'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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