O x f o r b HO A C E H A T P I N T E T O T H E U N I VE S I TY R R , R R R T H E E R N AC U LAR IN S C RIPTIO N S O F T H E A N C IE NT KIN GDO M O F A LBAN TR A N S R IB E D TR A N S L A TE D A A’D E A’PL A IN E D C , , \BY \ W“ w Y I B . E DWA R D . I H C O L S O N M A . S , ' BO lu L E Y S L I B R A R I A N IN T H E U N I VE R S I TY O F O X FO R D B E R N A R D QU AR ITCH 1 5 PICC ADIL L Y CO N T E N T S Int r o d u cti o n PA G E Th e three cu r r e nt th eo ri es o f th e Picti sh lang uage Cau se s o f th e do u b t s as t o it s ch aract e r Pi ct ish scu lptu red and i n scrib e d st o n e s E vidence th at th e i nscrib e d st o n es ar e Pi ct ish Th eir difficu lty mainly d u e t o t h e ir b eing almo st all wr itt en i n Ogam s ’ P o f R h s s d eci h e ment o f th e O amsa 1 o x in1 at el r . y p r g pp y cO1 r e ct My di sco ve ry o f th e Kelt i c clu e ' l h e i nscripti o ns ar e in Old Gaeli c pu re an d simple L an a e o f B it ai n N o f th e Fo t h elti c e e n i n gu g r . r K v R o man t ime s A po lo gy t o Kelt i c sch o lars Impro vement o f any po ssib le seco nd e dit io n x x ii Why ph o t o graph s ar e no t i nclu d e d i n this o ne t i i What gu arant e e th ere i s f o r th e t ran script s x v ii i h h e t m N o th -Pi t i h ab do d v i i i W y t er r c s i s an ne . x A lb an o r A lb a ? ’ Why S co ttish Gaeli c i s an u nf o ntu nat e name : alter~ natives Fu tu re o f it s st u dy— mat erials an d o rganizati o n A ck no wledgeme nts o f indeb t edness Co ntents Th e Pi cti sh I ns crip ti o n s PAG E The ir nu mb e r and th e alphab e ts i n which they ar e writt en L ist i n geo graph ical o rde r Classified list with transcript s and t ranslatio ns T h e A ge s o f th e Ins crip ti o ns Th e larger Co nningsb u r gh f ragment Th e S h e vack st o n e Th e Kilmaly sto ne ’ V ean t The S t . ig s s o ne Th e Kelt ic t o n su re A kta and it s later f o rms ’ ’ A dam nan s f o rm s o f A r dnamu r clian Th e real d e rivatio n o f hi s A r t(d a) Ma i ? cho l anin f t Me g o a . De i at io n o f taeb toiib to eb o r toi b r v , , , ’ A kta h ad pro d u ced ai t as early as A d amnan s time ’ De i atio n o f Adamnan s A i r chm t-dan A o‘ochdan r v ( , L i qu hai n Difficu lt co mb i nat io ns o f c o n so nants divided b y vo wel-int e rpo lati o n W itte n Hi hland Gaelic so metime s e c lu d es r "g x 1 nf e ct i o n wh e re wri tten Iri sh e xhib its i t A kta and e hte ’ Meaning o f A damn an s L igu Cmcalad Origi n o f aspirat io n in co mpo u nds : i s A damnan u n if o rm The Ga r d e n Mo o r sto ne Valu e s o f t h e e arly aspirat io n s o f b and m Iri sh and Pi ct ish represe ntatio n o f as pirat es ar e o n d iffe rent b ase s Pa alle ls in c o m o s itio n b etwee n th e su b stanti e r , p , v ath o r a ith and th e pre po sitio n ath o r a ith assimilat ed ' I passed i nt o c an d I) thro u gh i nt ermediat e h ' o fi i i n m di h b e f re s u e g e al lo ss . The A b o ne S c o o nie and D ke sto ne s y , , y Wo rk s o f e c c les iastical h andic raft ' E vide nce o i c ro sse s i n d e t e rmin ing dates ? ‘ ‘ Th e h e arth sid e wit h catt le to ld N ame s o f pro pe rt ies i n th e B o o k o f Dee r C h u rch at S co o nie give n t o C u ld ees Date o f t h e e st ab lish ment o f the s ee o f Do rno ch ke k i r k d e di at ed t o 8 A nd e w Dy c . r lm l l ki d e d i t d t o A damnan A y e rk ca e S . Co ntents PA GE Th e Ab ern ethy f ragment 26 Th e E ast e r A q u h o lli e st o ne 26 The B u r r i an s to ne 27 Th e fish symb o l 27 Th e gen itive s i n -3 27 Ou tli nes o f e arly histo ry o f O1 kn ey 28 ’ t N inian s n 29 The S . st o e i h - h 29 P ctis f amily n ame s i n Mac go b ack to 7t cent . Th ulb i ns ar th sto n 29 e C g e . Tre atment o f -aht i n it s N o rse nam es 29 Is t h e sto ry o f Jo n ah symb o liz e d 1 n its scu lpt u re s 29 Th e s mall o n in u r f me nt 30 er C n gsb gh rag . Th e L u nasti ng st o n e 30 Tab le o f c o nj ect u ral d at es 30 Th e advanced d evelo pe ment o f Ogam-writing i n t h e B u r r ian L u nasti n an d Cu lb i ns arth in , g, g scr ipti o ns Th e Pi ct i s h O gams ' Geo graph ical are a o f Ogam-wri ti ng The alph ab et “ Valu e o f 1 11 S t e m-lin e Origin o f vario u s s igns Diff e rentiat io n o f d u pli cate signs A b b revi at io n S lo pe o f writing S e paratio n o f le tte rs andwo rds Co nt i nu ati o n -mark s Jo i ning o f lett ers R u li ng Directi o n o f lett ers li n e Do u b ling o f vo wels co n so n ants Treb ling E xpressi o n o f u i nf e cte d co nso nant s W o rdb o o k t o th e i ns cri p t i o ns Pr o p e r N ame s Co ntents A p p endi x § R ep ri nt s o f lett e rs ad d re sse d t o th e A cad e my PA G E Preli mi nary n o t e C o rri g e n d a &c .