Meaning & use
Ogam
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An ancient alphabet used mainly to write early Irish, consisting of sets of parallel lines carved along a central stem line, often on standing stones.
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Archaeologists found an ogam inscription carved into the edge of the stone pillar.
Scholars still debate whether ogam was primarily used for monuments or everyday writing.
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A variant spelling of 'ogham', dating from roughly the 4th to 9th centuries CE and found mostly in Ireland and parts of Britain.
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