Ancient Inscriptions and Scripts

Variety of historical inscriptions on stone tablets, showcasing ancient scripts and languages from diverse cultures, including Meroitic and Egyptian.

Sandstone stela inscribed in Meroitic script. Found in a ruined building south of Meroe. It is largely indecipherable but the names of Queen Amanirenas and prince Akinidad are recognisable. These rulers lived during the late 1st centum BC, at the time of Meroes conflict with the Romans. It has therefore been suggested that the stela was set up to commemorate the Mereitic raid on the First Cataract region under Roman occupation in 24 BC.

Ezana Stone with inscription, Aksum, Ethiopia

Egipto. Tumba 55. Tumba Ramose, situada en la región de las Tumbas de los Nobles, en Abd el-Qurna en la ribera occidental de Luxor.

Abruzzo, Aquila, San Vittorino, S. Michele, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Hieroglyphic writing. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt.

Abruzzo, Pescara, Loreto Aprutino, S. Maria in Piano, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Coffin lid of Taperet. 664-525 BC. 26th Dynasty. Decorated with four columns of text. Egypt. Detail of the hieroglyphics. Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities. Stockholm. Sweden.

Armenian inscription on stone, Matenadaran Museum, Yerevan, Jerewan, Armenia, Asia

Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg, the Karzer, the student prison was established in the 1780s and was in operation until 1914.

Clay tablet. Linear B. Syllabic script. Late Bronze Age. Mycenaean Greek. Knossos Palace. Crete. Archaeological Museum. Heraklion. Greece.

PLACA DE MUESTRARIO DE ESCRITURA ARABE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Clay Cuneiform Tablet. 7th century BC. Artist: Unknown.

Slab stone with inscription in Visigothic writing: S(an) C(t) I COS(mae) MAR(tyris).. 8th-12th centuries. From San Estevo de Vivente (Oza dos Rios, La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain.

Karte von Maine auf rostigem Metall - Map of Maine on rusty metal Karte von Maine auf rostigem Metall - Map of Maine on rusty metal Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 11300168

Map of Maine on rusty metal

Greenland, Qaqortoq, detail of boards with assembly numbers, many early houses were pre-built in Europe and re-built in Greenland

Measurement Lines and Numbers at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi

grey really old book close up

Scandinavian Glenstrup rune stone dated 1000 AD; erected by Thore in memory of his father Gunnar

Egyptian hieroglyph on limestone, 1500-1200 BC

INDIA, Karnataka, Somnathpur (Mysore Area): Keshava Temple (Hoysala Temple built in 1268), Temple Inscription in Hoysala Language

Roman honorific inscriptions from Magona, Menorca Museum. Mahon.Balearic Islands.Spain., Menorca Museum, Mahon, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Japan, Utamaro, Kitagawa, Ehon enbusugata - jo, Shunga album. Picture book about willing women - part one, cover - stamped, Part one (of three); gray-green cover with title strip at top center; 19 leaves: 2 leaves, introduction; 1 page, picture of a pine tree; 8 pictures of a couple making love; 1 page, pine branch; 9 sheets text., book, shunga, prints, pictures, Japan (collection), height 152 mm, width 106 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, printmaker, 1798 - 1798, paper, colour woodcut

Historic Smoke Signatures, Register Room, Gothic Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, KY, USA

Old signs and digits highlighted on stone old Greek or Roman signs and digits highlighted on a stone copyright: xzoonar.com/christianxlängerx 13253005

Epitaph Tablet for Bak Eun (1479-1504), from a Set of 14 Korean. Epitaph Tablet for Bak Eun (1479-1504), from a Set of 14, 1509. Porcelain with underglaze, 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 1 in. (24.8 × 17.1 × 2.5 cm). When important individuals died during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), they were commemorated in lengthy epitaphs that were inscribed on durable surfaces for posterity. This set of fourteen plaques (we are showing only part of the set) records the biography and family history of a celebrated poet, Park Eun (1479-1504), and even includes examples of his verses. This is an unusually early example of the use of porcelain for preserving epitaphs. Prior to this period, epitaphs were carved into stone. In this early period, iron oxide was used to write the text, whereas later cobalt blue would be preferred. Asian Art 1509

Slab stone with inscription in Visigothic writing: S(an) C(t) I COS(mae) MAR(tyris)... 8th-12th centuries. From San Estevo de Vivente (Oza dos Rios, La Corua province, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.

Cuneiform tablet: balanced account of Kaamu ca. 2038 B.C. Neo-Sumerian. Cuneiform tablet: balanced account of Kaamu 322471

Various subjects of archaeological interest The Siloam inscription. Removed from Hezekiah's tunnel. 1920, Middle East

Osaka, Gyokuzan, Okada, Ehon Kokusenya chugiden, Illustrated biography of Coxinga, cover page - stamped, Parts 7 to 13 bound as one volume with text and illustrations about the life of the warrior Zheng Chenggong (Coxinga); black cover; title strip at top left; 144 leaves, numbered: part 7, 1-20; part 8, 1-20; part 9, 1-21; part 10, 1-20; part 11, 1-20; part 12, 1-20; part 13, 1-21; 22 and last sheet, colophon and advertisements., book, prints, engravings, Japan (collection), height 225 mm, width 155 mm, Japanese, 1737 - 1812, print maker, engraving maker, 1804 - 1804, paper, woodcut

Tomb of Ptahhotep, Sakkara, Saqqara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Memphis, Cairo, Egypt

Karte von Connecticut auf rostigem Metall - Map of Connecticut on rusty metal Karte von Connecticut auf rostigem Metall - Map of Connecticut on rusty metal Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 14652659

old history in the antique kingdom of saudi arabia

A photograph taken within Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. Merneptah or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC - May 2, 1203 BC) was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Historic engravings and graffiti. Riemvasmaak. Northern Cape. South Africa.

Islamic marriage contract

Horikawa River Park area, Kyoto Japan

Lavallette, N.J., May 2, 2013 Residents in Lavallette have engraved personalized messages onto the planks of the new Lavallette boardwalk through the ΓÇ£Buy A BoardΓÇ¥ campaign, by Donations of Love, used to raise money for the recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy. Seventy-five percent of the boardwalk rebuilding cost is to be reimbursed by FEMA. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Rhode Island - Fuller Rock. Fuller Rock, Rhode Island. Explosion of Feb. 5, 1923, with letter of Feb. 8, 1923.

PLACA CON INSCRIPCIONES EN LETRA GOTICA. Location: EXTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Inscription excavations, Mshatta. 1898, Jordan

bake Sygnetowa Hebrew; Document with dry baking impression; 1563 (1563-00-00-1563-00-00);

Major Projects. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Japanese map

INSCRIPCION DEDICADA A TIBERIO SEMPRONIO GRACO - SIGLO II AC. Location: PALACIO. Mengíbar. JAEN. SPAIN.

Capitol Reef, Utah Pioneer Register, names carved in the sandstone walls of Capitol Gorge, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. (Large format sizes available)

Stele Of Shalmaneser III/Assur, Mesopotamia Ancient Near East Hieroglyphics Iraq National Museum, Baghdad, Iraq

PETROGLIFOS EN GALICIA.

ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA I (109/3-1R): DETALLE SECTOR B: FIGURAS 17, 18 Y 19.

Ardennes, Sedan, France, Europe

Ancient stone inscriptions in Singalese language texture. Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Tumba Amonemhat (53).

Close-up of text on a wall, Texas, USA

Taiwan, Kinmen County, Shuitou, Kinmen National Park, Troop name and date built on old bomb shelter

Thebes, to southern border of Egypt. Assuan granite mass along the river. 1936, Egypt

Punched cards, made of perforated paper of 19th century automated textile loom

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

bake Sygnetowa Hebrew; Document with dry baking impression; 1563 (1563-00-00-1563-00-00);

Turkey, Istanbul, Arabic calligraphy at Topkapi Palace

Madrid, 03/09/2016. Monument to the victims of 15M at the Atocha station. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

The report in a daily newspaper in Duesseldorf in 1968 about rent-seeking by Turkish workers aroused the pastor of the Protestant church. The report in a daily newspaper in Duesseldorf in 1968 about the rent control of Turkish immigrant workers aroused the pastor of the Protestant church, so that he called his congregation to protest

A850664 U12G PERF C&D - GT-3&4 JERRY CUDERMAN (Project Engineer) APR 18 85 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/18/1985 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; GT 3&4; MARKED; MARKINGS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PERF C&D; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; PERF C&D - GT-3&4 historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Ouija board used to communicate with the dead

Sandstone stela inscribed in Meroitic script. Found in a ruined building south of Meroe. It is largely indecipherable but the names of Queen Amanirenas and prince Akinidad are recognisable. These rulers lived during the late 1st centum BC, at the time of Meroes conflict with the Romans. It has therefore been suggested that the stela was set up to commemorate the Mereitic raid on the First Cataract region under Roman occupation in 24 BC.

ABRIGO DE LOS HORCAJOS (168/1R): GRABADO DE CRUZ LATINA CON LAS SIGLAS IHS A LA IZQUIERDA DEL PANEL 2.

Rok Runestone The Rok runestone is one of the most famous runestones, it is one of a kind. Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesx 12481428

Cover for the Dati ms showing initials and notes.. 1400 - 1499. Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. Manuscripts, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection

A730294 U12E HFR RECOVERY TOM HUNTER (Project Engineer) NOV 14 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/14/1973 DAMAGES; DEBRIS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HFR; HFR RECOVERY; HIGH FLUENCE; HIGH FLUENCE RECOVERY; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RECOVERY; RUBBLE; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS & ARMAMENTS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

reliefs inside the Pyramid Complex of Unas, at Saqqara, near Cairo in Egypt. It was built for pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty in the mid 24th century BC. the pyramid of Unas is the first to have texts on the walls of its burial chambers. The spells of these Pyramid Texts were thought to be useful to the dead king in the afterlife; some were recited during his burial ceremonies. The hieroglyphs in Unas' pyramid are incised in fine sunk relief and painted blue, while the ceiling of the sarcophagus chamber is covered with stars

Cuneiform tablet: account of delivery of animals for offering, Ebabbar archive ca. 614 B.C. Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: account of delivery of animals for offering, Ebabbar archive 321682

Reichstag, memorial for murdered members of parliament, Berlin, Germany, Europe

RIP 7/5/03 and "Aron" was scratched on the sandstone wall by Ralston above where his hand was trapped by a chockstone, Bluejohn Canyon, Colorado Plateau, Utah.

Textile with Kufic Inscription 946-74 Egypt was home to a number of staterun textile factories sponsored by the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad until about 969. These factories produced a cloth known as tiraz—a term that came to refer both to garments with inscriptions and to the workshops that manufactured them. This textile was woven for the Abbasid caliph alMuti', whose rule in Baghdad (946-74) coincided with the Buyid conquest of the city. The monumental scale of the calligraphy and its location near the edge of this fragment indicate that it originally belonged to a large textile, perhaps a shawl.. Textile with Kufic Inscription 448624

Vintage map Vintage map Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaksymxYemelyanovx 1640977

LETRA DE CAMBIO PRIMERA DE ESPAÑA. Location: MUSEO HISTORICO DE LA CIUDAD DE VALENCIA. Valencia. SPAIN.

Tumba 103 Dagui.

A790210 U12G RS-3 MINEBACK BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAR 22 79EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/22/1979 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; MARKED; MEASURING TAPE; MINEBACK; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PICKAXES; RS-3; RS-3 MINEBACK; TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Paris, France Individual Food Map of Auguste Léon , (French - Paris , France Carte individuelle d' alimentation d' Auguste Léon). Food, war effort , war work, card, shortages , rationing, Daily life, First World War, France, Paris, Individual Food Map

Stone grave, Lexington , Tombs & sepulchral monuments. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

A860863 U12G JUNIOR JADE #3 MINEBACK SMITH (Project Engineer) JUN 16 86 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/16/1986 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; FRACTURED; FRACTURES; JUNIOR JADE #3; MARKED; MARKINGS; MINEBACK; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); SMITH, CARL W; TEST SITES; U12G; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; U12G JUNIOR JADE #3 historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

North America, Canada, Ontario, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Illustration of Agawa Rock Trail Pictographs. (Large format sizes available)

USA, Wyoming, Guernsey, Oregon Trail Register Cliff Inscription

An ancient stone map in Colombia.

World map

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Horemheb, Sarcophagus Hall, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII

Weathered wall with the name of a Soviet soldier, Beelitz-Heilstaetten, former lung sanatorium, military hospital of the Soviet army from 1945 to 1994, today Lost Place, Beelitz, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

a set of isolated 10 numbers from zero to nine - vintage letterpress wood type stained by inks

Poland. Krakow. Gestapo Museum. Inscription on the walls, made __by the detainees. Inside.

Immigrant visa form

Brciks of thanks at the St. Roch Chapel

Kalaw, Burmese scripture at leaf, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)

Clay tablets with names of Jews from Weilburg, 1918 to 1945, Weilburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Edward S. Curtis Native American Indians - Inscription Rock, with message written in Spanish by Juan de Oñate as he was passing through what is now New Mexico in April 1606 ca. 1927.

List of the exploits of the hunters in the Keoladeo NP Inde

Cracked stone ledger with Hebraic inscription, old Jewish cemetery, Mellah, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco, Africa

Boston Massacre plaque , Historical markers, Massacres, Boston Massacre, 1770. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

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