Ireland I-COR-088

Bun an Chnoic | Underhill 1 (I-COR-088)

Inscription

MOESAC

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Stone ID
I-COR-088
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: Found with two other ogham stones (I-COR-089 and I-COR-090) within a souterrain (CO107-038---).

Findspot: Underhill (Bun an Chnoic), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 523185, 552012)

Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. 1970.17)

Last recorded location(s): Now in National Museum of Ireland (DU018-165----). (Power et al. 1992, no. 1044).

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO107-060----

Object type: Pillar

Material: Clay slate

Dimensions: H 0.97 × W 0.45 × D 0.08 m

Condition: A rectangular stone which formed the entrance jamb. The upper portion was crushed and shattered from the overlying lintel.

Letters: The inscription is finely knife-scored.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚋᚑᚓᚄᚐᚉ

Transcription: MOESAC

Critical apparatus:

  1. O’Kelly and Shee (1968, 43) and McManus (1997, 72-73) read: MOESAC (or SACEOM)

References

  • McManus 1991, 72-73
  • O’Kelly and Shee 1968, 43
  • Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1992, no. 1044
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Visiting the Bun an Chnoic | Underhill 1 (I-COR-088) Ogham Stone

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