| 词条 | Tullycommon Bone |
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The Tullycommon Bone (CIIC 52)[1] is an archaeological find, discovered in 1934 during excavations of the fortification of Cahercommaun, Townland Tullycommon (Irish: Tulach Chumann), County Clare, Ireland. It is a complete metacarpal bone of a sheep with an Ogham inscription on each side. The find dates from the 7th to the 10th century.[2] InscriptionThe Tullycommon bone has a short Ogham inscription next to various ornaments such as zigzag lines on each side. The characters are clearly Ogham characters.[3] A fact that is also typical of Ogham inscription lines with those used start and stemlines whose tips go through the main line. In order to mark the beginning of one of the two inscriptions, instead of the arrow running to the right, as with the Buckquoy spindle whorl, an X next to the stemline is used. The signs for C and S are clearly recognizable as Ogham signs on one side of the bone. On the other hand, the sign for the sound sequence EA (was also used for K, as X looking)[4] as well as the sign for M (character before stemline) to recognize. Decrypting the inscription is not possible. Macalister says "It makes no sense to decipher a short inscription of this kind ..."[5] If these are not doodles, the signs may actually have been used for magical purposes.[6] Perhaps the bone was one of a whole series of bones used for fortune-telling.[7] Special featureThe Tullycommon bone is one of the rare small finds mentioned so far in the Ogham specialist literature, i.e. finds in which the Ogham signs are carved not in stone slabs and stone columns (about 400), but in small objects (mainly everyday objects),[8] of which only 6 were discovered in Ireland, including the {{Interlanguage link|Ballinderry dice|de|Ballinderry-Würfel}}, the {{Interlanguage link|Ballyspellan brooch|de|Ballyspellan-Fibel}}, the {{Interlanguage link|Dublin Castle crest|de|Dublin-Castle-Kamm}}, the {{Interlanguage link|Ennis bead|de|Ennis-Perle}} and {{Interlanguage link|Kilgulbin hanging-bowl|de|Kilgulbin-Hängeschüssel}}. Literature
References1. ^In the specialist literature, this is the generally used designation according to RAS Macalister's still cited standard work "Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum" of 1945 (reprinted 1996) 2. ^Forsyth, S. 473 3. ^Macalister, S. 56 4. ^one of the additional characters created after the original 20 Ogham characters (Singular "Forfid", Plural "Forfeda") 5. ^Macalister, S. 57 6. ^Forsyth, S. 473 7. ^Macalister, S. 57 8. ^mentions and descriptions by [https://independent.academia.edu/DonalBuchanan Donal B. Buchanan], Katherine Stuart Forsyth, Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister, Barry Raftery 5 : Medieval Ireland|County Clare|Bones|Ogham inscriptions|Pages with unreviewed translations |
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