Ireland I-COR-090

Bun an Chnoic | Underhill 3 (I-COR-090)

Inscription

ADARAGN M[A]CI COLAL[I]

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

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

Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. 1970.16)

Last recorded location(s): Now in National Museum of Ireland collection.

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO107-058----

Object type: Pillar

Material: Clay slate

Dimensions: H 1.72 × W 0.53 × D 0.11 m

Condition: An inscribed roof-slab.

Letters: The inscription is finely knife-scored.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚐ̣ᚇᚐᚏᚐᚌᚅ ᚋ[ᚐ]ᚉᚔ ᚉᚑᚂᚐᚂ[ᚔ(?)]

Transcription: ẠDARAGN M[A(?)]CI COLAL[I(?)]

Critical apparatus:

  1. O’Kelly and Shee (1968, 43) and McManus (1991, 72-73) read: [A]DARUN M[A]CI COLAL[I]

Commentary

The earlier reading of the inital name, ADARUN, is perhaps rather a misreading for AꜝDARAGN = ỌDARAGN = OIr. Odrán, ModIr. Odhrán (Oran, Orin) (*udro- ‘water-related; otter’ + *-agno-).

References

  • McManus 1991, 72-73
  • O’Kelly and Shee 1968, 43
  • Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1992, no. 1042
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Visiting the Bun an Chnoic | Underhill 3 (I-COR-090) Ogham Stone

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