Oghamstone from Ballyboodan
The approximately 2.3 meters long, 1.75 meters wide and 23 centimeters thick Oghamstein of Ballyboodan ( Irish Cloch Oghaim Bhaile Mhuadáin ) is enclosed in Ballyboodan, about 1.7 kilometers south of Knocktopher in County Kilkenny in Ireland . The Oghamstein from shale is a National Monument (CIIC 038).
The Ogham stone was inscribed between 700 and 900 AD and rediscovered and overturned around 1841. In 1850 the landlord wanted to destroy it, but the landowner saved it.
On the edge are Oghamzeichen cut ᚛ᚉᚑᚏᚁᚔᚕᚑᚔᚋᚐᚊᚔᚂᚐᚏᚔᚇ᚜ (CORBI KOI Maqi LABRID, "Here lies Corb, son of Labraid"). Most of the letters are weathered and some at the tip of the stone have broken off.
literature
- Sabine Ziegler: The language of the old Irish Ogam inscriptions. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-525-26225-6 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 28 '12.4 " N , 7 ° 13' 21.6" W.