Irish Ogham County Kilkenny

Ballyspellan Silver Brooch, County Kilkenny, Ireland 800's CE

(December 17, 2024) This text is on a silver brooch. It was found in 1806 by a peasant digging in the ground on the hill of Ballyspellan . Now in the R.I.A. Collection. A silver brooch having an open circular ring. It has been dated based on its artistic style to around the 800's CE. On the reverse sides of the triangular expansions, which terminate the ring of the brooch,

Translation of the Bottom Block Using Ballymote Letter Assignments and Druid Akkadian For Ogham Text 29  

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration.
> are being used as periods, X just indicate letter separation.
  1. Du  A  UMu.  | Ga'u  Di'u  Nu  IMu  |
  2. Ḫu  Ku  APu  PaKu  |  Su  ŠaMu  E  ANu  Ku  |  
  3. Gu Ya AMu Pu Mu  | 
  4. Gu Ya  AMu  Pu  AMu  |  Ṭu  IDu  AWu  Pu  AMu

In English

  1. Life-manifestations can result in storm-powers. Break-through the divine revelations (of fate) with emotions.
  2. Hu can be involved with the veiling of the design (of fate). | Su's obligations can make ineffective the considerations (focused emotions of emotion magic) for involvement.  |
  3. Don't energize the Reed-boat's (crescent moon goddess Ayu) openings for fertility-fluids
  4. Don't energize the Reed-boat's openings for the Reed-boat.  |  Thu can channel emotion-powers (Awen) for opening the Reed-boat.

Comment: This text reminds the readers that motion/emotion powers must be kept separate from the life powers to avoid problems with the natural order.

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 32. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en