ogam

[ og-uhm, aw-guhm ]

/ ˈɒg əm, ˈɔ gəm /

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What does “clement” mean?

It bears an Ogam inscription on two angles of the same face, and debased Roman characters on the front and back.
In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious|W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
The language of the Ogam inscriptions is very ancient and nearly the same forms occur as in what we know of Old Gaulish.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
Ogam is an alphabet suitable enough for chiselling upon stones, but too cumbrous for the purposes of literature.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
It may, however, be regarded as certain that the Ogam script was never employed in early times for literary purposes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various

And he wrote these quatrains in Ogam, and then bade them farewell.
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries|W. Y. Evans Wentz