Ogham runestone from Killaloe

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Runic inscription on the front

The Ogham rune stone of Killaloe ( English Shantraud Ogham-Runic Stone ), also called Killaloe stone , is located in Saint Flannan's Cathedral in Killaloe in County Clare in Ireland and was also discovered there in 1916. There are incisions on the stone in both Ogham and runic script .

Find description

Ogham inscription on the right

The Killaloe Ogham rune stone is 0.89 m high, 0.46 m wide and 0.20 m thick. Presumably it is the base stone of a lost Irish Celtic cross from around 1000 AD or earlier. The stone is one of the very rare stones whose inscriptions were made on the same stone in both Ogham and runes and the only inscription stone in Ireland with these two scripts. The runic inscription is on the front and consists of characters from the younger Futhark . The Ogham inscription is on the right side of the stone.

Inscriptions

Tracing of the runic inscription (left side, starting with the left line to be read from bottom to top) and the Ogham inscription (right side, starting with the right line, each from top to bottom)

Transfer of the runic inscription:

(þ) urgrim risti
(k) rus þina

Translation:

Thorgrim carved this stone.

Transfer of the Ogham inscription:

BEANDACHT (AR)
TOROQR (IM)

Translation:

Blessed be Thorgrim.

literature

  • Damien McManus: A Guide to Ogam. To Sagart, Maynooth 1991, ISBN 1-870684-17-6
  • Sabine Ziegler: The language of the old Irish Ogam inscriptions (= historical linguistic research. Supplement. 36). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-525-26225-6 .

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Coordinates: 52 ° 48 ′ 22.3 "  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 21.3"  W.