Nevertheless, it is not impossible that the reverse inscription is separated temporally from the obverse. |
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In the case of the James ossuary, there would have indeed been room on the front, yet the scribe elected to carve the inscription on the back. |
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As with the Bixler pieces, printer's type was used to impress an inscription around the rim. |
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But, as she reads the Braille inscription on it there is no mistaking her pride. |
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This inscription awakens the memory of the people whose sons and daughters were intended for total extermination. |
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The capitalization reduces the top inscription to its barest signification, equating Morrison's name directly with her prize. |
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An ancient sign nailed to the front of the largest barn bore the inscription Dog's Ear. |
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That stone contains an inscription showing that the Moabites also killed everything living of their enemies. |
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An inscription describing the truce was written on a bronze discus which was displayed at Olympia. |
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The tablet is made of Sicilian marble, framed in alabaster, and the inscription bears a mosaic border in blue and gold. |
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Lemaire did not notice that the first part of the inscription is carved by a different hand than that of the second part. |
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Skillfully, he carved an inscription, blew away the stray pieces of tree bark, and stood back to look at it. |
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He realized this was not just a monument but also a grave, and the inscription was an epitaph. |
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A sidelight is shed by a broken inscription which archaeologists discovered some seventy years ago at Delphi. |
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Difficulties of no ordinary kind presented themselves to all who had applied to make out even the second, or enchorial inscription. |
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Daguerre even handwrote an inscription to Cailleux on the back of the mount. |
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There are three pylons surrounding the gate, and I'll bet that this inscription is repeated two more times, once on each of the walls. |
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I set my cup aside for personal inscription the next time he comes through town, and that got me to thinking. |
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It is exactly about the stipulation that warrants inscription of the numbers and letters in black against a white backdrop. |
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There's a barely controlled abandon, and more than a hint of anxiety that once the act of inscription has begun, it can't be undone. |
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Note that the first 1763 is sideways to the rest of the inscription and under it are three touch marks. |
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In appreciation of his efforts, these workmen gave him a beautifully crafted cribbage board with an inscription on the back. |
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The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. |
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It is another fugitive inscription on the page of earth that it is necessary to seize, that you want to understand. |
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If they were to inspect it closely, they would find a large crack across the top cutting through an inscription which is now barely legible. |
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One inscription is a copy of the twenty-eight letters of the runic alphabet, known as the futhorc. |
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There is an inscription to Frances Matthew beside the great east window of the Minster. |
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Several drinking songs derived from the inscription remained popular for centuries. |
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She also wished the table to include both her husband's coat of arms and a dedicatory inscription to him that would mention their three children. |
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The recent inscription of his epitaph upon their large granite gravestone gave him a sense of contentment and presaged a new era for humankind. |
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Both ecclesiastical and secular patronage are documented through portraiture and more emblematically through heraldry or inscription. |
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It may be noted that another sherd bearing a fragmentary inscription which includes a digamma was found among the material examined this year. |
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Close at hand there is a table-tomb with an inscription which could still be read at the turn of the 20th century. |
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The inscription is therefore credited as one of the keys to opening up the thousands of years of Egyptian history. |
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He took out a battered red book with pages sticking out from the sides and a foreign inscription on the cover. |
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The tablet's inscription tells the story of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. |
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Fidei Defensor, literally Defender of the Faith, is an inscription which is found on most British coinage. |
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The most significant stumbling-block to the present attribution was the inscription that was formerly on the painting. |
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He further recounted how the brave deeds of Harmodios and Aristogeiton were immortalized by an inscription on the sculpture's base. |
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A tablet was turned up which revealed a bilingual inscription in Lydian and Aramaic. |
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The inscription is in Greek with well formed letters seven to 12 centimetres high. |
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Incised on one of the James ossuary's long sides, the inscription consists of a single line of twenty small Aramaic characters. |
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Early on, the text of the inscription itself raised doubts among experts familiar with Aramaic scripts. |
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Many Australians of my age remember the neat copperplate inscription of his name on the banknotes. |
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A 400-character mask inscription dating from the Mayan period appears to refute earlier claims to have translated Isthmian script. |
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The hieroglyphic inscription, although carved with hesitancy, is grammatically proper Egyptian. |
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The late King's grave is marked by an inscription in the floor and by a plaque, in the wall above, showing his head. |
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The date of 1492 in the reconstructed inscription might result from an error in transcription. |
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There were no contextual clues to follow, and one could only try and make sense of the inscription. |
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Even this inscription is not too extensive, and lacks many constructs which could be helpful for dialectical isoglossal comparison. |
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Last year additions were made to the inscription on the Cenotaph honouring the fallen heroes of Johannesburg. |
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There are thus two completely different readings of the Tangut inscription on this coin, neither entirely convincing. |
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There was no inscription on the urn, or on the bodylength slab of stone on the ground. |
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Posted to Kurdistan, he set about trying to decipher King Darius's trilingual inscription on the Great Rock of Bisitun. |
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A marginal inscription notes that Captain Cook first sighted the south-eastern corner, where settlement began. |
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All I ask is that for consistency's sake, they stick with the same inscription. |
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The depiction of a ruler, together with the hieroglyphic inscription, suggests that it had a commemorative function, much like a Maya stele. |
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The coin shows on the obverse the elephant with the date CS 1197, and on the reverse is the inscription Muang Thai. |
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Thus the process of inscription becomes a self-reflexive activity. |
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With his left hand he supports over his left shoulder a staff topped by a cross, and holds an open scroll with an inscription written in black in Greek capitals. |
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But their inscription of the working class as the inheritors and fulfillers of the national destiny had a pervasive effect on Australian historiography. |
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As an incidental result he demonstrated his own talents as a decipherer when in 1845 the society received copies of an inscription at Kapur di Giri, near Peshawar. |
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The inscription below the pediment indicates that the temple was dedicated in 183-4 by a Roman senator who had risen to hold the proconsulship of Asia. |
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In the same site is a copy of the oldest inscription found in the city on the tomb of some procurator or other who had helped put down the revolt by Boudicca. |
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The inside front cover has an inscription from Qian to my father. |
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The inscription plate was barely discernible, having been worn smooth by years of polishing, but a copy has now been placed on a card placed inside the lid. |
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They are trying to discover how a ring, probably a wedding band, with a romantic inscription ended up on the river bed in one of the country's most visited medieval cities. |
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Protruding from each reserved book is a note of the inscription required. |
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The monument comprises a Cupane Green sculpture in Indian Granite with an illustration of the Marist motto, together with a dedication inscription. |
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An inscription on the wall towards the west end shows the position of the Bar of the old House, by which the Lobby was marked off from the Chamber itself. |
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Even the most magnificent landscapes are powerless without figures, not forgetting Poussin's Arcadia, were it devoid of the shepherds and the sepulchral inscription. |
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During this restoration, the inscription was found to date from a later period than the rest of the painting, and was removed, along with much of the blue paint underneath it. |
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The execution of these scenes in scagliola is a triumph, but it is scarcely less astonishing than Mr Kennedy's virtuoso inscription around the rim. |
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The inscription on his tombstone in Groombridge Church, where he is buried alongside his three children, bears his original name and no reference to his nom de plume. |
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On each of its four facades is the now famous and often parodied inscription a nation of poets, artists, heroes, saints, thinkers, scientists, navigators, and transmigrators. |
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All seven cards may be purchased with no inscription for use as notecards. |
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The inscription was carved in a stoa, probably in the 2nd cent. |
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The central figure is St Anne, standing on a pedestal that is decorated with female hybrid creatures, which frame a ritual inscription in a cartouche. |
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The only part of the inscription visible suggests that this piece of stonemasonry should really be at the head of the last resting place of a woman called Elizabeth. |
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Identification was by inscription, heraldry and, later, a rebus. |
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The inscription on the monument generated a firestorm of controversy. |
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Records indicate that this subtly rendered but evidently posthumous image bore an inscription on its reverse identifying the subject as Wenceslas of Luxembourg. |
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Can you be sure that there isn't a fond inscription written inside the flyleaf of the book your aunt gave you last December, which you are now palming off on your friend? |
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The inscription in the roundel indicates that the movement was made after Godshalk moved to Philadelphia about 1763 or 1764 from Towamencin, a town just outside the city. |
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The idea of this monumental inscription comes from Roman classical architecture. |
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The book and its inscription in Hooke's hand are a testament to the lasting influence of Wilkins and his circle on the young Hooke. |
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The apparatus strikes an inscription upon the edge with the same blow that strikes the two faces. |
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An inscription mentioning early governor Aulus Platorius Nepos indicates that the change of plans took place early on. |
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At Kirklees Priory in Yorkshire stands an alleged grave with a spurious inscription, which relates to Robin Hood. |
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The grave with the inscription is within sight of the ruins of the Kirklees Priory, behind the Three Nuns pub in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. |
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Paleographically, the inscription most likely dates to the 8th century, with the late 7th or early 9th not to be ruled out. |
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The closest parallel to the script used is the inscription in the lead plate from Flixborough, dated to the 8th or 9th century. |
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Folios 4r and 5v contain a Latin inscription which describes how the manuscript came to be made. |
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It includes a portrait medallion and the same inscription as on the gravestone. |
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The family home was at 16 South Charlotte Street, and has a stone inscription marking it as Alexander Graham Bell's birthplace. |
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Several coins from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC found in the Basque Country bear the inscription barscunes. |
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All items in the group have either Barry's bookplate, are inscribed 'Redmond Barry' in Barry's own hand or have both a bookplate and inscription. |
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The largest group of surviving Runic inscription are Viking Age Younger Futhark runestones, most commonly found in Sweden. |
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The Latin inscription on the pillar is now very hard to read, but was apparently clearer in the time of Edward Lhuyd who transcribed it. |
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These may have special edge inscriptions relevant to the theme, or the edge inscription may be replaced by a decorative motif. |
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As well as a distinct reverse design, these coins have an edge inscription relevant to the subject. |
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Moreover, an inscription is seen within the Mihrab designed by Haji Shoja Isfahani. |
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A large clay cylinder with a cuneiform inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II will highlight Doyle New York's auction of Rare Books and Autographs. |
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At the time of inscription as a World Heritage Site many of the elements were vulnerable due to lack of conservation. |
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The inscription was found on a rock and carries the royal signature of Ramses III with a double cartouche, Ghabban said in a statement. |
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The original inscription from the memorial has been removed for safekeeping, and is now displayed in the National Railway Museum. |
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The earliest known piece with an English inscription is a dish dated 1600 in the Museum of London. |
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A pencil inscription in Morse's hand on the pastedown notes that it was purchased by him in 1930 at Vindel's in Barcelona for 2500 pesetas. |
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The inscription will identify the period and site of the tomb. |
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The form Eliseg found on the pillar is thought to be a mistake by the carver of the inscription. |
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Each painting has an inscription below it, which collectively have been estimated to be around 2,500 years old. |
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The inscription describes him as a horse soldier of the Cavalry Regiment of Petriana and standard bearer of the Troop of Candidus. |
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The second such inscription contains a unique example of early Welsh prose recording the details of the resolution of a land dispute. |
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Their edition corrects Ahmed Tevhid's record of the Fathname inscription first published in 1926, and includes parts previously undeciphered. |
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The inscription on the stone was written by a fellow Great War poet, Wilfred Owen. |
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Then he read the golden inscription and saw that she was a princess. |
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This encouraged Crossing to arrange to lift the clapper bridge, but no inscription was found. |
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Because there is no inscription on the grave she sets out to discover whose it might be. |
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The inscription is written by the artist Kalon and the object of the dedication may have been a bronze utensil, as the word hieron indicates. |
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John Betjeman's grave with inscription on slate at St Enodoc's Church, Trebetherick, in Cornwall. |
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The reading of the inscription depends on the reconstruction but in all cases the names come through. |
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He is buried in Crosthwaite churchyard and there is a memorial to him inside the church, with an inscription written by Wordsworth. |
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Once the bottom is reached, the inscription continues from the top left of the next double column. |
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An inscription found on an altar in Augsburg, a Roman monument from 260 AD, states that the Semnones were also called Juthungi. |
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The three languages used in the inscription were Chinese, Tamil and Persian. |
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The inscription could also have been prepared beforehand in China and erected at Galle between 1410 to 1411 during the third voyage. |
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Thus, the inscription paid respect to the three religions that were dominant in Ceylon. |
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The Changle inscription also mentions that the Daoist priest Yang Yichu begged to erect the respective stele. |
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The Changle inscription repeats this, but adds Li Xing and Wu Zhong as deputy envoys. |
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I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. |
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A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum. |
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The inscription of the Rosetta Stone is written in hieroglyphics and in enchorial letters, with a Greek translation. |
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A Greeke inscription which I could not understand by reason of the antiquity of those exolete letters. |
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The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters. |
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Most of the letterforms were similar to modern uppercase, as can be seen in the inscription from the Colosseum shown at the top of the article. |
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An 8th century inscription in Tywyn shows the language already dropping inflections in the declension of nouns. |
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There is some speculation that the inscription was added by Claudius himself decades later, and that he originally did not appear at all. |
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Whilst the latest datable inscription referencing Eboracum dates from AD237, the continuation of the settlement after this time is certain. |
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William's grave is currently marked by a marble slab with a Latin inscription dating from the early 19th century. |
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Early West Germanic becomes available in the 5th century with the Frankish Bergakker inscription. |
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The inscription praises Buddha and describes the fleet's donations to the famous Tenavarai Nayanar temple of Tondeswaram frequented by both Hindus and Buddhists. |
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The composition is a collection of parodies of various learned text types, including god list, royal inscription, heroic narrative, omens, and menology. |
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This is known as the Pillar of Eliseg, but the form Eliseg which appears on the column is thought to be a mistake by the carver of the inscription. |
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Other saints may not be identifiable unless labelled with an inscription. |
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Its forum and basilica were completed in 79 or 81, and were dedicated in an inscription by the governor, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, to the emperor Titus. |
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In 112 or 113, he held the highest civilian governorship, that of the Roman province of Asia in Western Anatolia, recorded in the inscription found at Mylasa mentioned above. |
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The terms of this treaty, including the fixed borders between the two countries, are recorded in a bilingual inscription on a stone pillar outside the Jokhang temple in Lhasa. |
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The monumental inscription is a familiar feature of Roman architecture. |
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The spandrels usually depicted flying Victories, while the attic was often inscribed with a dedicatory inscription naming and praising the triumphator. |
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If I could only get back to the inscription or the grotto I felt the rest would be easy to accomplish, but the more I rambled the more utterly befogged I got. |
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The figures and letters were so mingled together, that one would think the Coiner was hard put to it on what part of the money to bestow the several words of his inscription. |
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Both reverse designs include the Chinese character for 'dragon', the inscription 'Year of the Dragon' in English, and The Perth Mint's traditional 'P' mintmark. |
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The name Wharfe appears to be recorded in the form Verbeiae on a Roman inscription at Ilkley, dedicated to Verbeia, thought to be the tutelary goddess of the river. |
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This inscription does not lower the date of the relief figure, and palaeography is not as precise an indicator of date as is the style of the crowned man relief. |
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On 14 March 1431, the Liujiagang inscription was erected there. |
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According to the inscription, it was evidence of God's wrath on the City of London for the sin of gluttony that the fire started at Pudding Lane and stopped at Pye Corner. |
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However, captioning swiftly moved from the calligraphic side inscription to a printed title below, and not just in Japanese but in English and other European languages. |
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According to Stephanus of Byzantium and the philosopher Plato the poet's father was named Euphemus, but an inscription on a herm from Tivoli listed him as Euclides. |
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This has been disputed by examining other examples from the Tapestry where the visual centre of a scene, not the location of the inscription, identifies named figures. |
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This can be accomplished with something romantic like a candle lit backrub in front of the fireplace, or as simple as a surprise greeting card with a personalized inscription. |
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What little is known comes from scattered hints throughout his work, the letters of his friend and admirer Pliny the Younger, and an inscription found at Mylasa in Caria. |
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A square frame encloses the inscription, forming the main block's quadrangular contour. |
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The Changle inscription, dated to the 11th month of the 6th year of the Xuande reign, was erected during the end of their stay there. |
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The gar rune is found on the Bewcastle Cross inscription, along with the doubled calc rune in select locations. |
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