Greek inscriptions

former monument in Georgia, United States

victory column in Istanbul, Turkey, from Delphi

inscriptions on a stele, covering the years from 1582 BC to 299BC in Greek chronology

obelisk found at Philae, Egypt

stele in Aksum, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, in present-day Ethiopia

form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity

archaic painted wooden tablets found in Pitsa cave, Corinthia (Greece)

short text written on an ancient Greek pottery vessel dated to ca. 740 BC

Latin inscription on funerary items

collective name for two bilingual Phoenician marble cippi, dated to the 2nd century BCE, that were unearthed in Malta under undocumented circumstances and were seminal in the deciphering of the Phoenician alphabet and language.

trilingual Lycian stele from the Xanthos-Letoon UNESCO World Heritage Site

8th-century BCE wine cup

Greek inscription

5th-century Ancient Greek tablet written in the Cypriot syllabary

stone inscription in ancient Greek language

statue in Behistun, Iranian national heritage site

edict of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Afghanistan

Iranian national heritage site

a trilingual inscription made during the reign of the Sasanian king Shapur I

inscription from a synagogue in late Second Temple-era Jerusalem

Inscription in Kandahar, Afghanistan

sassanian Empire-era rock relief

Aeinautae (, , from and ) were magistrates at Miletus around 600 BC, consisting of the chief men in the state, who obtained the supreme power on the deposition of the tyrants, Thoas and Damasenor. Whenever they wished to deliberate on important matters, they embarked on board ship (hence their name), put out at a distance from land, and did not return to shore until they had transacted their business.

early sacred law found on Crete

the study of Greek inscriptions, or epigraphs, to clarify their meanings, classify their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and draw conclusions about the writing and the writers

edict of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Afghanistan

Christian inscription dated to 512 in Greek, Syriac and Arabic