Ireland I-COR-071 CIIC 120

Móin an tSagairt | Monataggart 3 (I-COR-071)

Inscription

BROINIENAS KOI NETTATTRENALUGOS

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Stone ID
I-COR-071
CIIC Ref.
120
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: This stone is one of two ogham stones (see also I-COR-070) discovered reused in a souterrain (CO061-022001-) where it formed one of the ‘upright stones’ (Quarry 1896, 382). Two other ogham stones (I-COR-069, I-COR-072) were also discovered at this site.

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

Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. 1874:93)

Last recorded location(s): This stone was purchased by the Royal Irish Academy and is now part of the collection of the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-368----).

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO061-022004-

Object type: Pillar

Material: Clay slate

Dimensions: H 1.88 × W 0.36 × D 0.27 m

Condition: Macalister (1945, 119) described the surface of the stone as ‘rather rough’ but the inscription is ‘perfectly legible’.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚁᚏᚑᚔᚅᚔᚓᚅᚐᚄ ᚕ

Transcription: BROINIENAS KOI NETTATTRENALUGOS

Critical apparatus:

  1. According to Macalister (1945, 119), ‘this is the only case of the combination of KOI with NETA’. 2. McManus (1991, 66) had difficulty reading the final U, O and S.

References

  • Macalister 1945, 119
  • McManus 1991, 66
  • Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7980
  • Quarry 1896, 382
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