Disc

This bone disc was found at Foshigarry on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The bone is from a whale, dolphin or similar mammal. It may have been used as a pot lid sometime between 600 and 800.

The disc is imperfect. It has been incised with an inscription that resembles ogham.

Ogham was a form of writing used by native peoples in Britain and Ireland. Some people carved their names on their property, but most people were illiterate. Writing was often seen as a kind of magic spell.

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Online ID:	000-100-038-534-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.GNA 11
Date:	Between 600 and 800
Material:	Bone, cetacean; perforated; imperfect; lacking part
Dimensions:	3.94" D
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Who:	Beveridge Collection
Where:	Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Foshigarry
Event:
Description:	Perforated disc of cetacean bone with pseudo-ogham, from Foshigarry, North Uist
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