Inscription Collection (#5)

Hieroglyphic writing of the tomb of Nykaiankh. Egypt
Hieroglyphic writing. Limestone architrave of the tomb of Nykaiankh with text inscribed with a prayer. Detail. The deceased is a priest of the Sun Temple of King Userkaf. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Detail. Demotic scripture

Statue of Ankhrekhu. Egypt
Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Tombstone of Neferseshempepy. Egypt
Tombstone of Neferseshempepy, depicted with a scepter and staff with a hieroglyphic inscription. Limestone. 2150 BC. Early Dynastic or Old Kingdom. From Dendera. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Shabti of King Taharqa
Shabti in granite of pharaoh Taharqa. 690-664 BC. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. From the Pyramid 1 of Nuri. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Shabti of King Ahmose I
Shabti figure of King Ahmose I. Limestone. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Around 1520 BC. Probably from Thebes, Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Mycenaean art. Greece. Clay tablet with inscriptions on Mycenaean Linear B script. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Latin inscription on the pedestal of the statue of Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, defender of the city of Corfu of the Turkish invasion of 1716. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece

Islamic Art. Safavid period. 17th century. Great Mosque. Det
Islamic Art. Safavid period. 17th century. Imam Mosque or Great Mosque (Masjed-e-Imam). Built between 1612-1638 during the reign of Shah Abbas I (1587-1629)

Library of Michel de Montaigne. Detail. Montaigne Castle. Fr
Library of writer and french humanist Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). Detail of inscriptions in the roof-beam. Montaigne Castle. France

Mesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of A?a?A?a?Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Winged lion relief
Montenegro. Kotor. Baroque arch with a winged lion relief

Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos
Greek art. Greece. Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos. Date ca. 350-325 BC. Comes from Attica. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Hieroglyph on the walls of the Temple of Hatshepsut. At the top is a vulture Nekhbet, opening its protective wings.18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Hieroglyph. Temple of Hatshepsut. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt
Hieroglyph. Temple of Hatshepsut. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Clay tablet inscribed with mycenaean Linear B script. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Byzantine Art. Marble slab decorated with reliefs. XI-XII ce
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Marble slab with lateral inscription and reliefs about intertwined crosses. Dated from latest XI century and early XII century. Byzantine Museum. Athens

Marconi monument, Poldhu, southern Cornwall
Close-up of plaque on the Marconi memorial monument, Poldhu, southern Cornwall. The monument marks the location of Poldhu Wireless Station

Suffragette Votes for Women Ceramic Cat
A dark grey pottery figure of a cat with ribbon bow around its neck. This example has a hole at the top of the head and could have been used as a match holder or small vase

Sir Winston Churchills Grave
The Grave of Sir Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 and his wife Lady Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill 1885 - 1977 with the graves of other family ancestors around. St Martins Church, Bladon

Papyrus Scroll of Girl and Crocodile
21st Dynasty papyrus scroll showing a girl and a crocodile (Sobek) drinking from the Nile below a hieroglyphic inscription. Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

78 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Engraved brass decorated with vignettes of Rachels Tomb and Absoloms Tomb, with animals, grapes and vine leaves

Matchbox cover inscribed Gott mit Uns, WW1
German matchbox cover inscribed Gott mit Uns (God with Us), Trench Art

The Gortyn code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete

ZIMMERMANN, Johann Baptist (1680-1758); ZIMMERMANN
" ZIMMERMANN, Johann Baptist (1680-1758); ZIMMERMANN, Dominikus (1685-1766). Pilgrimage Church of Wies. 1745-1754. GERMANY. Wies. Pilgrimage Church

Two thorns from the Crown of Thorns, worn by Jesus. Displayed in a reliquary at Santa Croce (Church of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem) in Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Medal, Royal Life Saving Society
Medal of the Royal Life Saving Society (established 1891) awarded to K. W. Watson, featuring a rescue taking place with two figures in the water

East India Company coin, Madras Presidency
An East India company coin dated 1803, during the Madras Presidency. Bearing the coat of arms of two lions with flags and a shield, surmounted by a helmet, and the motto below: Ausp. Regis & Senat

Marcus Junius Brutus / Sil
MARCUS JUNIUS BRUTUS Roman statesman and Julius Caesars opponent Date: 85 - 42 BC

Statue of Vladimir II Monomakh, Vladimir, Russia
View of the equestrian statue of the founder of the city of Vladimir, Vladimir II Monomakh (1053-1125), a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus

Tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II, Pantheon, Rome, Italy
View of the Tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878) in the Pantheon, Rome, Italy. The inscription reads Padre della Patria (Father of the Fatherland), and there are flowers and wreaths below

Emma Lazarus
EMMA LAZARUS American poet: author of inscription on the Statue of Liberty Date: 1849 - 1887

Borneo Monument, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Indonesia
Borneo Monument, European District, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: 1902

Fernan Perez de Andrade (d. 1397). Spanish Knight. Tomb
Fernan Perez de Andrade (d.1397). Spanish Knight. Tomb with reliefs depicting the reclining figure of the knight and the coat of arms of the family Andrade. St Francis Church. Betanzos. Spain

Sword of Guadalajara. Middle 2nd Millennium BC. Bronze
Sword of Guadalajara. Middle 2nd Millennium BC. Middle Bronze Age. Gold and copper. Detail of the handle. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Runestone. 11th century. South Gate of the city of
Runestone. 11th century. Found on a wall of the South Gate of the city of Stockholm. Detail. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Visigoth gold coin. 5th-8th centuries. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Bronze container. 14th-15th centuries. Turkish-Iranian style. Iran. Persian epigraphic decoration. Saint Olalla collection. Diocesan Museum. Lleida. Spain

Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Egypt
Columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Egypt. The hall is part of the Precinct of Amun-Re, the largest of the four main temple areas at the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor (ancient Thebes)

Damascus, Syria - Carving in the wall of the Old Citadel Date: circa 1910s

Miss Fannie Leslie, actress and singer
Miss Fannie Leslie (1856-1935), actress and singer, seen here in the role of Mrs White. circa 1880s

Miss Rachel Sanger in The Bonnie Fishwife
Miss Rachel Sanger in the role of Maggie MacFarlane in The Bonnie Fishwife, a comedietta or farce in one act by Charles Selby. circa 1880s

Latin inscription, limestone. Shuni. Roman period, 2nd century AD. The inscription is surrounded by a wreath. The goddes of victory, Nike, is seen standing on a globe on both sides of the wrearth

Scroll of Esther with miniature illustrations by the scribe
Scroll of Esther with miniature illustrations in a silver case. By the scribe Aarib Wolf Herlingen (ca. 1700-ca. 1760). Pen and ink on parchment. Gold leaf. Scroll: Vienna, 18th century

Octagonal clay prism (ca. 1100 BC) - annals of the Assyrian
The Octagonal clay prism (ca. 1100 BC) with the annals of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I (1114-1076 B.C.). This text spoke of a campaign of king Tiglath-pileser against the land of ?atti

Peace unto Israel. Hebrew inscription on a mosaic floor. Synagogue at Ussfiya. 5th century AD

Christian tombstone written in Greek. Marble, 6th century AD. Beersheda district. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel

Funerary bust of a woman. Limestone. From Beth Shean, Israel. Roman period. 3rd-4th century AD. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel

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