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The Greek-language inscriptions and epigraphy are a major source for understanding of the society, language and history of ancient Greece and other Greek-speaking or Greek-controlled areas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Greek inscriptions may occur on stone slabs, pottery ostraca , ornaments, and range from simple names to full texts.
The following list contains a selection from the Latin abbreviations that occur in the writings and inscriptions of the ... (for the sake of example) E.H.L.N.R ...
The Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II was the first of this type of inscription found anywhere in the Levant (modern Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria). [1] [2]The Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, also known as Northwest Semitic inscriptions, [3] are the primary extra-Biblical source for understanding of the societies and histories of the ancient Phoenicians, Hebrews and Arameans.
Epigraphy (from Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) 'inscription') is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.
Examples for relative marks. The meaning of the marks depends on the letter on which they appear. A macron not fully above the character but crossing the descender or ascender: b̵, b̄ – bre-, ber-, -ub c̄ – (with a link on the right) – cum, con, cen-ꝯ̄ – (above) – quondam d̵, d̄ – de-, der, -ud (a crossed d, not ð = eth)
The text is largely an account of a military campaign against the ancient Libyans, but the last three of the 28 lines deal with a separate campaign in Canaan, including the first documented instance of the name Israel in the historical record, and the only documented record in Ancient Egypt.
[33] [34] Champollion found that the Egyptian inscription on the vase was in the name of King Xerxes I, and the orientalist Antoine-Jean Saint-Martin, who accompanied Champollion, was able to confirm that the corresponding words in the cuneiform script were indeed the words which Grotefend had identified as meaning "king" and "Xerxes" through ...
See also Titulus (Roman Catholic) for Roman churches called tituli, or titulus (disambiguation) for more meanings. Titulus (Latin "inscription" or "label", the plural tituli is also used in English) is a term used for the labels or captions naming figures or subjects in art, which were commonly added in classical and medieval art, and remain ...