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Ogham stone in Colbinstown, County Kildare (KD032-044001-)

Ogham stone
Ogham stone in Colbinstown
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KD032-044001-
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This is one of seven ogham stones (KD032-044001- to KD032-044007-) found at 'Killeen Cormac' burial ground (KD032-044----). This stone is often referred to as the 'bilingual Stone' as it has inscriptions in both ogham and Latin. However, it is not bilingual in the true sense: the Latin is not a direct translation of…

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This is one of seven ogham stones (KD032-044001- to KD032-044007-) found at 'Killeen Cormac' burial ground (KD032-044----). This stone is often referred to as the 'bilingual Stone' as it has inscriptions in both ogham and Latin. However, it is not bilingual in the true sense: the Latin is not a direct translation of the ogham, or vice versa; unlike in Wales where stones with direct bilingual translations of ogham are recorded (pers. comm. Fionnbarr Moore). This stone, now on display in the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-359----), is 1.57m x 0.28m x 0.28m (converted from Macalister 1945, 22) and the inscription reads (ogham) OVANOS AVI IVACATTOS and (Latin) IVVEn/rE DRVVIDES. (Macalister 1945, 22, no. 19; McManus 1997, 61) This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=19 Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 14 September 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD032-044001

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