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Description: On the Maughold Stone 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 Ogham is dated before or around 1000 CE; Runic script is 1148 CE
Title: Maughold Stone with Runes and Ogham - Maughold-Stein mit Runen und Ogham
Credit: http://babelstone.blogspot.com/2011/06/ogham-stones-of-isle-of-man.html — Kermode, P. M. C.: Manx Crosses. E. C. (East Central London)/Derby 1907, plate LXIV (between pages 214 and 215)
Author: Philip Moore Callow Kermode (1855 - 1932)
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