CIIC no. 203

Location and history:

For the locality and discovery, cf. {197}.

This stone was used as a "packing-stone aboce the main lintels" of the souterrain according to Macalister, CIIC; according to Brash, OIM 234, it rested "across the 4th and 5th lintels". It was not readable for the latter author; but a reading "maqui Deceda maqui" is quoted by J. Rhys, JRSAI 16, 1884, 314, who "could not reach beyond the middle of the last word, `maqui', when visiting the spot in 1884. According to Macalister, CIIC, the inscription was "formerly visible only through the gap between the fifth and sixth" lintel.

Published illustrations:

Macalister, CIIC 1, 198 (draft).

Published photographs:

Macalister, CIIC 1, 197.

Size according to Macalister, CIIC: 2'8" x 0'10" x 0'2 3/4".

Reading Macalister, Epig. 2, 95 (94. / VII):

ᚋᚐᚊᚔᚇᚓᚉᚓᚇᚐᚋᚐ᚞᚞᚞᚞᚞᚞

MAQIDECEDAMA[qi

The inscription "is interesting as it gives us a common name spelt without the double consonants that elsewhere distinguish it".

Reading Macalister, CIIC:

MAQI-DECEDA MAQ[...

"The stone is broken after Q₂, and the sinister edge is intentionally chipped away. "It is unique to find" the name DECEDA "spelt .. with no double consonants". The writing technique resembles the one of "Nos. II {198} and III {199} of the series, and almost certainly the work of the same artificer."

Interpretation Korolev, DP 84:

MAQI DECEDA MAQἅ[I...

The end of the inscription is flaked off.

Reading McManus, Guide 65:

MAQI-DECEDA MAq..

Reading Gippert (1978/1981):

Dexter angle, up:

MAQIDECEDA MA[Q

ᚋᚐᚊᚔᚇᚓᚉᚓᚇᚐᚋᚐᚇ[

ᚋᚐᚆᚆᚆᚆᚆᚐᚐᚐᚐᚐᚆᚆᚐᚐᚐᚐᚆᚆᚆᚆᚐᚐᚐᚐᚆᚆᚐᚋᚐᚆᚆ[

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