Provenance
Discovery: One of three ogham stones (also I-COR-076, I-COR-077) discovered in a souterrain (CO072-070002-) in 1865/1866. 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. 18660511.3)
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: CO072-070005-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Stone type unknown
Dimensions: H 2.13 × W 0.64 × D 0.18 m
Condition: The bottom of the stone is broken off and ‘the last two letters of the first name are broken, but enough remains for complete certainty’ (Macalister 1945, 123). Macalister (1945, 123-124) noted that all of MAQI was ‘carried away by fracture, except for the proximal ends of the Q and I’
Inscription
Text field: The layout of the inscription is unusual, as Macalister (1945, 123) described: ‘It begins in the middle of the sinister angle, and runs down to the bottom: then crosses to the bottom of the dexter angle and runs up and on to the top’. Macalister (1945, 124) also states: ‘The last three letters of the last name are on the top of the stone’.
Edition
Ogham text: ᚃᚓᚇᚐᚉᚒ[ᚅᚐ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ] ᚈᚑᚁᚔᚏᚐ ᚋᚒᚉᚑᚔ ᚄᚑᚌᚔᚅᚔ
Transcription: VEDACU[NA MAQI] TOBIRA MUCOI SOGINI
References
- Macalister 1906-06-30, 172-176
- Macalister 1945, 123-124
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7986