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Image: Maughold Stone with Runes and Ogham - Maughold-Stein mit Runen und Ogham, Zeichnung

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Description: On the Maughold Stone - here a drawing from about 1910 - there is a runic inscription ("Jóan the priest carved these runes. Fuþorkhniastbml") inscribed in short twig runes (Swedish-Norwegian rune variant). Below this inscription are carved the first ten Ogham letters. Exact descriptions of the Maughold Stone: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/database/stone/maugh_2.html http://babelstone.blogspot.com/2011/06/ogham-stones-of-isle-of-man.html
Title: Maughold Stone with Runes and Ogham - Maughold-Stein mit Runen und Ogham, Zeichnung
Credit: http://babelstone.blogspot.com/2011/06/ogham-stones-of-isle-of-man.html — Kermode, P. M. C.: Note on the Ogam and Latin Inscriptions from the Isle of Man, and a recently found Bilingual in Celtic and Latin", in: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland vol. 45 (1910–1911), Edinburgh 1911, page 440
Author: Philip Moore Callow Kermode (1855 - 1932)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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