Ireland I-COR-070 CIIC 119

Móin an tSagairt | Monataggart 2 (I-COR-070)

Inscription

DALAGNI MAQI DALI

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

Stone ID
I-COR-070
CIIC Ref.
119
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 two ogham stones (I-COR-071) discovered in souterrain (CO061-022001-) where it formed part of the ‘upright stones’ (Quarry 1896, 382).

Findspot: Monataggart (Móin an tSagairt), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 545879, 580808)

Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. 1874:92)

Last recorded location(s): Purchased by the Royal Irish Academy and now part of the collection of the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-367----).

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO061-022003-

Object type: Pillar

Material: Clay slate

Dimensions: H 0.91 × W 0.39 × D 0.11 m

Condition: According to Macalister (1945, 118), the stone is ‘broken in two, but the reading is quite clear and certain, though the fracture passes through’ the inscription.

Inscription

Text field: Macalister (1945, 119) noted that ”the first name is repeated in minute pinscrapes underneath its formal presentation in the finished inscription”.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚇᚐᚂᚐᚌᚅᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚇᚐᚂᚔ

Transcription: DALAGNI MAQI DALI

References

  • Macalister 1945, 118-119
  • Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, 169-170, no. 7979
  • Quarry 1896, 382
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