Ireland I-COR-077 CIIC 125

An Rú Mór | Rooves More 2 (I-COR-077)

Inscription

MAQIERCIAS MAQI VALAMNI

Ogham reads along the stemline — usually bottom to top on standing stones. How to read Ogham →

Stone ID
I-COR-077
CIIC Ref.
125
Country
Ireland
This record is drawn from the OG(H)AM corpus — the authoritative scholarly database of Ogham inscriptions, compiled by a team of epigraphers, archaeologists, and linguists. Transcription conventions and dating follow established epigraphic standards.

Provenance

Discovery: One of three ogham stones (also I-COR-076, I-COR-078) discovered in a souterrain (CO072-070002-) in 1865. Removed by A. Lane-Fox and now in the British Museum (Macalister 1906, 172-176).

Findspot: Rooves More (An Rú Mór), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 545708, 570419)

Current repository: England British Museum (inv. no. 18660511.2)

Last recorded location(s): British Museum. It was examined and 3d recorded for the OG(H)AM project in December 2023.

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO072-070004-

Object type: Pillar

Material: Stone type unknown

Dimensions: H 2.45 × W 0.76 × D 0.20 m

Condition: The inscription is ‘perfectly clear’ (Macalister 1945, 123).

Inscription

Text field: The stone is inscribed on two angles.

Letters: The execution technique is unknown.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚋᚐᚊᚔᚓᚏᚉᚔᚐᚄ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚃᚐᚂᚐᚋᚅᚔ

Transcription: MAQIERCIAS MAQI VALAMNI

References

  • Macalister 1906-06-30, 172-176
  • Macalister 1945, 123
  • Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7985
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