An item of 5th c pottery, with graffiti and possibly an an inscription in Ogam/Ogham: a medieval Irish alphabet
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Always thought the idea of non-Latin European alphabets to be fascinating, not that I know much about them
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I wrote a paper for my linguistics class at uni, and I included references to Ogham and South American native alphabet (I can’t recall the name!).
Ogham is a very fascinating alphabet, which had some interesting usecases. Here’s a picture of the standard letters:
Edit: spelling mistake
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No vowels ?
What an exciting find - thanks for posting. It will be so interesting to see what the Ogham characters are once they have finished their examination of the chalice.
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