Inscription Collection (page 9)

Tablet of terracotta with inscription in Cypriot syllabic script. Possibily a religious text or a commercial or administrative document. 410-375 BC. From Akanthou. British Museum. London. England

Limestone grave stele with greek epitaph of Theudaisios of E
Limestone grave stele with greek inscription, epitaph of Theudaisios of Euesperides. 300-50 BC. From Amathus, Cyprus. British Museum. London. England, United Kingdom

Vase of the Gazelles. Islamic art. Detail. 14th century
Vase of the Gazelles. Glazed pottery. Nasrid Period (1301-1400).14th century. Detail depicting two gazelles facing. Alhambra Museum. Granada. Spain

Stela of Nasrid ruler Yusuf III (1376-1417). Alhambra. Spain
Sepulchral stela in marble of Yusuf III (1376-1417). From the Rauda cemetery. Alhambra Museum. Granada. Spain

Madrasah-i Madar-i Shahh. dome and minarets. Isfahan. Iran
Madrasah-i Madar-i Shahh, also known as Chahar Bagh school. It was built under the patronage of Shah Husain I, a Safavid king. 18th century. Dome and minarets. Isfahan. Iran

Reliquary. 10th century. Spain
Reliquary in alabaster with inscriptions in Carolingians characters. 10th century. From Santa Maria de Lillet (Catalonia). Museum of Manresa. Spain

Ukraine. Vorontsov Palace. Shahada
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Vorontsov Palace. Built in 1828 through 1848 by the English architect Edward Blore (1787-1879) as a summer residence of Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov

Duvan Semen Ezra (1870-1957). Monument. Yevpatoria. Ukraine
Duvan Semen Ezra (1870-1957). Mayor of Eupatoria. Statue at Theatre Square. Yevpatoria. Ukraine

Omer Gezlevi statue. Yevpatoria. Ukraine
Omer Gezlevi. Crimean Tatar poet. Monument. Yevpatoria. Ukraine

Ukraine. Feodosiya. Ivan Aivazovskys statue
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). Russian painter. Statue

Ostia Antica. House of Triclini. Inscription
Ostia Antica. House of Triclini, headquarters of the guild of builders. 2nd century AD. Inscription. Near Rome

The Rosetta Stone. Greek 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. Greek scripture. Detail. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC

The Rosetta Stone. Hieroglyphical and 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. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC

False door of Bateti. Egypt
Limestone false door of Bateti. The figure inside the niche depicts the deceased out of his grave to receive their offerings. 2400 BC. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

The Rosetta Stone. Hieroglyphical 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

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic and Greek 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. Demotic and Greek scripture

Egyptian stela with hieroglyphic writing. British Museum. London, United Kingdom

Shabti box of Hor. Egypt
Shabti box of the priest Hor. 7th century BC. 25th Dynasty. Late Period. From the tomb of Hor. Probably from Deir el-Bahari, Thebes (Egypt). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Limestones false door of Ptahshepses. Egypt
Limestone false door of Ptahshepses. The slabs paneled on both sides of the door are inscribed with the biography of Ptahshepses mentioning his birth and his marriage to Princess Khamaat. 2400 BC

Alabaster panel of king Tiglath-Pileser III
Alabaster panel depicting King Tiglath-Pileser III in his chariot under an umbrella and a cuneiform inscription which related their campaigns, taking the city of Astartu. 730-727 BC

Meroitic stela
Sandstone Meroitic stela with one of the longest known texts in meroitic language. Are recognisable the names of the Queen Amanirenas

Hyeroglyphic writing
Hieroglyphic writing. Fragment of the wall decoration of the tomb of Seti I (c.1294-1279 BC), 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Fragment with part of the figure of a goddess

Saint Andrews Monument
Monument of Saint Andrews Apostle at Chersonesus Taurica. Sevastopol. Ukraine

Italy. Rome. Palace of the Chancellery. Renaissence palace built between 1489 and 1513. Facade. Detail

Inscription. Roman Forum. Rome. Italy
Inscription in a stone. Roman Forum. Rome. Italy

Commemorative plaque to Augustus on behalf of the freeman L. Lucretius Zethus. From Via di Monte Brianzo. 1st century AD. Roman National Museum. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy

Latin inscription commemorating Giovanni Nani, Consul for Corfu, 1435. Old Fortress Museum. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece

Pedestal inscribed. Olympia. Greece
Pedestal with inscribed. Ruins of the Sanctuary of Olympia. Greece

Roman Art. Greece. 2nd century. Bull with a votive inscripti
Roman Art. Greece. 2nd century. Marble sculpture depicting a bull with a votive inscription of Regilla, wife of Herodes Atticus, offered to Zeus. Dated between 147-150 A.D

Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Dome and Mirhab. Isfahan. Iran
Islamic Art. Safavid era. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Built in 1598 during the reign of Abbas I and completed in 1602 in time of Sheikh Lotfollah

Prophet Zechariah. Relief
Zechariah. Minor prophet. Relief carved by Wiligelmo. 12th century. Facade. Detail. Modena Cathedral. Italy

Egyptian Art. Torso of a Ptolemaic King. Ptolemaic Period. 8
Egyptian Art. Torso of a Ptolemaic King, inscribed with cartouches of a late Ptolemy. Ptolemaic Period. 8030 B.C. Basalt. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Cartridge with praenomen of Thutmose II. Deir el-Bahari. Egy
Cartridge with praenomen of Thutmose II. New Kingdom. Hatshepsuts Temple. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Montenegro. Risan. Communist Monument

Albania. Byllis ruins
Albania. Byllis. Founded by the Illirians in the 4th century B.C. Stone inscriptions near the theater

Stele. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece
Stele inscribed with the rules for the worship of the God Pan (1st century B.C.). Pan Cave. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece

Spain. Region of Murcia. Totana. Baroque fountain (1753)
Spain. Region of Murcia. Totana. Baroque fountain made A?a?A?a?by Juan de Uceta, Pedro Litran and Juan Moreno in 1753. Topped by the coat of arms of the city and the Cross of the Order of Santiago

Bronze plaque with an inscription from Andelos. Navarre. Spa
Bronze plaque with an inscription from Andelos. Museum of Navarre. Pamplona

Islamic Art. Spain. 14th century. Nasrid era. The Alhambra. Plastering stucco decoration that adorns the Hall of the Two Sisters with inscriptions on the Quran and verses of Ibn Zamrak

Iberian art. Inscription on lead. It comes from the Castle of La Fosca. Archaeological Museum of Girona. Catalonia. Spain

Cloister of the Cathedral of St. Vincent. 12th century. Capi
Romanesque. Spain. 12th century. Cloister of the Cathedral of St. Vincent. Capital. Roda de Isabena. Aragon

Roman Art. Marble sarcophagus with garlands. Ca. 200-225
Roman Art. Marble sarcophagus with garlands of oak leaves supported by two erotes and four Victories adorn the front and sides. Medusa heads fill the spaces above the garlands. Ca. 200-225

Plate of a temple dedicated to Minerva. Butrint Museum. Alba
Plate of a temple dedicated to Minerva, and built by Octilius Mystes. 2nd century. Butrint Museum. Albania

Relief with an inscription in hieroglyphics. Deir el-Bahari
Relief with an inscription in hieroglyphics. Solar disk with snake (cobra) with the ankh around his neck and Falcon with double crown over a cobra. Temple of Hatshepsut. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom

Hieroglyphic. Relief depicting consonant sounds. The f (horned viper) and m (owl). Temple of Hatshepsut. Egypt

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

Temple of Hatshepsut. Door with polychrome reliefs representing the pharaoh Hatshepsut with masculine attributes. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahri. Egypt

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