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From Dunadd, Argyll

Disc of slate
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This slate disc was found at at the site of the royal hillfort at Dunadd in Argyll. It dates from between 600 and 800.

The disc has an incised Latin inscription in a cursive script which reads 'Inomine', short for the Christian refrain 'In the name (of God)'.

In the early Historic period three alphabets were current: Latin, brought by the Christian church; ogham, originally developed by the Irish and used by both Scots and Picts; and runes brought by the Scandinavians. Most people, however, were illiterate.

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