Mot, Ogham stone in County Meath

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There are two stones with ogham inscriptions in the passage (ME019-030090-) of Tomb 1C East and three similar inscriptions in the passage of Tomb 1C West at Knowth. The ogham is a scholastic exercise and depicted with a central incised stem rather than using the arris or angle of an upright stone. Orthostat 28 in the W tomb has an inscription that is best represented as: BREQBOIS but no satisfactory explanation or precedent is available. Ogham No. 4 on orthostat 30 is best interpreted as: TOIMTINAN, which is similar to a cursive inscription (No. 1) in the E tomb (ME019-030092-). It is derived from the verbal noun Toimtiu - the act of thinking and might be latinised as Cogitosus. The personal name Teimne also occurs in the genealogies of the Ciannachta. Ogham No. 5 on orthostat 41 is best interpreted as: BLADM. This is an abbreviation of Bladmac, a proper name that occurs in the genealogies of Síl nÁedo Sláine in the seventh and eight centuries. (Byrne 2008, 105-06, 07-08, 116-17) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 September 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME019-030091

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