Ardmore ogham stones

Oghamstein I by Ardmore

The Ogham Stones of Ardmore ( English the Ardmore Ogham Stones , Irish clocha oghaim Airde Móire ) are in the ruins of St Declan's Cathedral in Ardmore in County Waterford in Ireland . The Ogham stones date from the 5th century and have inscriptions in the Old Irish Ogham alphabet.

Stone 1 (CIIC 263) is a little over 1.2 meters high. The inscription bands run from bottom to top on the edge and from top to bottom on the other edge, while the second band runs at an angle. The inscription reads (inscription and word separation partly uncertain): LUGUDECCAS MAQI MUCOI NETA SEGAMONAS DOLATI BIGAIS GOB [...], translated "Lugaid the son of the tribe of Nia Segamon ..." The inscription: NETA SEGAMONAS (genitive), names possibly the name of the god Segomo . Another translation could be 'Dolativix the son of the blacksmith or the tribe of Segamain'. The stone is in a niche in the former choir.

A second stone (CIIC 265) stands in the northwest corner and is about 1.35 m high. The Oghamin script is AMADU; translates as "the Amatus", "the beloved" or "the only one".

literature

Peter Harbison : Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland . 3rd ed. Gill & Macmillan Publ., Dublin 1992, ISBN 0-7171-3239-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Numbering according to Macalister, Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum
↑ Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 638, note 9.

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51.948918 -7.725851Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '56.1 " N , 7 ° 43' 33.1" W.

[CIIC-1] Numbering according to Macalister, Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum

[2] Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 638, note 9.