Multilingual texts

ancient Egyptian stele with inscriptions in three writing systems

inscription in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site

Göktürk inscriptions dating to the 8th century

Second Encyclical of Pope Francis

former monument in Georgia, United States

text composed in a reconstructed version of the Proto-Indo-European language, published by August Schleicher in 1868

Fable by Aesop

three golden plaques inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text ca. 500 B.C.

written work by John Amos Comenius

Tang Chinese Christian stele (est. 781)

decree

encyclical of Pope Francis published on 3 October 2020 on the subject of human fraternity

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

artifact

The Zanata Stone, it also known as the Zenana stone, is a small stele with engraving. The tablet is presumably of Guanche origin. it was found in 1992....

bilingual inscription on stone slabs

inscription that includes the same text in two languages

6th C. multilingual text in Mongolia

bilingual inscription from Anatolia in 8th century BC

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.

stone tablet erected in 1411 in Galle, Sri Lanka

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

language on public signs

5th-century BC Phoenician sarcophagus

stele bearing a trilingual inscription on the acropolis of the Lycian city of Xanthos

reconstructed story in proto-indo-european

Pharaoh Osorkon I, second king of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty (reigned 922–887 BC). The statue bears the cartouche of the king and a Phoenician inscription in the name of Elibaal, king of Byblos, fromerly in the Peytel collection

edict of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Afghanistan

ancient Egyptian religious decrees

Funerary stele with inscriptions written in Greek and Armazic (150 AD)

archaeological artifact discovered in 1869

book by Dhammazedi

pillar inscription at Jokhang Temple

attempt to interpret Maya script as an alphabetic script

ancient inscription in Ge'ez and Greek from Eritrea

15th-century manuscript

copy of the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V) on a limestone stele

book by Bayinnaung

Christian inscription dated to 512 in Greek, Syriac and Arabic