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Ancient Inscriptions and Tombstones

Photographs of ancient tombstones and inscriptions from various locations, highlighting historical artifacts with intricate carvings and languages.

Jordan, Middle east, Petra, stone engraved with nabatean inscriptions dated back to the 2nd century before christ in the museum of archeology at wadi musa

Turkey, Ephesus. Ancient Ephesian ruins, marble carved text. (Large format sizes available).

Iraq, Nimrud, close up of Cuneiform Script

The Old Jewish Cemetery in the Josefov district is one of the most historically significant Jewish cemeteries in Europe. It contains over 12, 000 gravestones and presumably the remains of 100, 000 people, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

GRAFITTIS Y GRABADOS TEMPLO DE DEBOD. CAPILLA DEL NAOS: FIG. 116, FIRMA "B: WRIGH 1818".

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

Fragment of a tombstone with an inscription: "Loqual quedo por herederos..." 15th century. Longueira, Galicia, Spain. Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.

INSCRIPCION SOBRE ALMINAR MEZQUITA DE ALMERIA. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Johannis de Graef, First stone on relief of main entrance west side Burgerweeshuis, den XX of ... Verbrugge., first_stone memorial stone facing brick building block sandstone stone, minced broad rectangular stone with far-forward frame at the top DEN XX VAN LOUW MONCS MDCCLXII ZYN ON THIS BUILDING. THE FIRST STONE LOCATED. BY NICs HENk. FROM CHARANTE. AND KATHARINA Verbrugge. war World War II bombardment Rotterdam City Triangle Goudsewagenstraat Goudsewagenstraat Rotterdam from rubble after the bombing of May 1940.

Inscription in Greek Forbidding the Gentiles from Entering the Sacred Precinct of the Temple Under Penalty of Death (Inscription en grec défendant aux Gentils d'entrer dans l'enceinte sacrée du Temple sous peine de mort) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1887 or 1889. Pen and ink on paper mounted on board, Sheet: 3 15/16 x 6 1/16 in. (10 x 15.4 cm). European Art 1886-1887 or 1889

Lazio Roma Albano Laziale Museo Civico Archeologico48. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, exterior (neoclassical); wall panels and painted ceiling Antiquities: Roman inscriptions, relief, sculpture, sarcophagi, brickstamps on bi-pedale fragments, cippi Object Notes: Bibliographic material housed in Center Library German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Geographical & Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Expedition of 1873, led by Lt. George M. Wheeler: Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription Rock, N.M., No. 3, 1873. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, 1840-1882). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 20.5 x 27.6 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.).

An inscribed Roman-era stone also showing a Christian cross in the courtyard of Side museum in Side, Antalya province, Turkey (Turkiye). The museum is housed in the city's Roman bath building and opened in 1962. It contains finds discovered by Arif Mfid Mansel, one of the pioneers of Turkish archeology, during his excavations in the Ancient City of Side. Side is a popular cultural and tourism destination.

Egypt, Old Kingdom, Curse inscription from tomb of Petety

Italy. Rome. Palazzo Massimo. Excerpt from a Roman calendar.

Museum Abodiacum, Roman Museum, Epfach, Pfaffenwinkel, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Roman letters texture

Unknown photographer, stone fragment with inscription in Baalbek (without dat.): View. Photo, 20.2 x 20 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Fotograf : Steinfragment mit Inschrift in Baalbek (ohne Dat.)

Praefectus annonae (Prefect of the Provisions). Roman imperial offficial charged with the supervision of the grain supply to the city of Rome. The inscription, base on the reconstruction of an ancient manuscript, was placed for the prefect C. iunius Favianus, from the African wheat and oil traders (afrari), into the statio annonae. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome, Italy.

Bell from 1557 (Fragment, Inscription Upper tablet: Christetus King of Fort / is coming in peace / and the man / became; Lower tablet: 1557 / Simon Ha / UCZ / IO / IO / JO / GOODY / JO) Parish Church Offering in the Temple and Ascension of the Lord Jesus, Siemiechów

Inscribed Stamp in the Shape of a Tabula. Unknown

Tombstone of Jos Jaspe Montenegro, 1719. Simon Bolivar (The Liberator) belonged to this family. They had a house in Pearredonda (province of La Corua, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.

Grave of the monk Dom Pierre Perignon, cellar master in the monastery Abbey (1639-1715), village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France

Lazio Roma Rome Episcopal Complex (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Baptistery, Cathedral, Cloister)78. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 5th c. baptistery, restored in the 17th c. Interior views of baptismal urn (16th c.), carved walls, ceiling and wall painting; of mosaics and bronze doors in Cappella del Battista; of altar and mosaics in Cappella di S. Venanzio; of mosaic and statue in Cappella di S. Giovanni Evangelista. Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, sculptural fragments, fresco painting, painting, coffering, tiling, stucco. Views 756-886 are of the cathedral. Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculptural fragments, architectural fragments, tombstones, mosaics, sculpture, fresco painting, sculptural relief. Object Notes: Hutzel includes guidebook in German on the site. prints matched to negs General Notes: Views 756 thru 886 are of the Baptistery. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s u

Stele : King Nastasen and his mother in front of the god Ammon About 330 BC Napata, Gebel Barkal (Sudan) granite.

Łacińska inskrypcja nagrobna dekorowana frontonem z wieńcem, wstęgami i akroterionami. unknown, author

J.W. Robb, 1857. Register Cliff was a key navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail as it passed along the North Platte River, near present Day Guernsey Wyoming. Many emigrants carved their name in the soft sandstone. (Large format sizes available)

Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo66. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

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USA, NM, El Morro National Monument. Inscription Rock trail - hundreds of Spanish & Anglo carved writings.

Guadalest, Alicante, Spain, tile informative plaque with text. The object was built into a stone wall.

Apollonides tombstone with inscription Greek; 300-250 BC ; Ptolemean period (-300-00-00--250-00-00);Scene.gal.eg., Greek inscriptions

William Paddy 1658 , Tombs & sepulchral monuments, King's Chapel Burying Ground Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

Roman tombstone. Early Christian. Epitaph. Latin inscription. Vatica Museums. 3rd-4th century.

Gravestone. Carolingian script reminiscent from the foundation of the Santi Apostoli Church by the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Charlemagne, in 800. Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Pillar inscription at the ancient synagogue at Kafarnaum, Cafarnaum, Kapharnaum, Capharnaum, Kapernaum or Capernaum st the Sea of Galilee, Galilee, Israel, Middle East, Asia Minor, Asia

Funerary cippus of Lucius Lucretius Nepos, 2nd century AD. From Lisbon. Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Travel photos Libya. Kyrene, ancient Greek city. Stone with Greek inscription

Ukraine. Sevastopol. St. Vladimir's Cathedral. Built in the aftermath of the Crimean War as a memorial to the heroes of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854Ð1855). Commemorative plaque of Admiral Mijail Petrovich Lazarev. 1851. Outside.

South America, Argentina, Province Jujuy, Puna (highlands of the Andes mountains) - stone map of ancient lama fincas.

Roman altar to the Lucoves Arquieni. Roman votive inscription to local Galician gods: "Lucoubu Arquien (O) Silonius Silo Ex Voto". Silonius Silo fulfilled his vow. From Sinoga, Outeiro de Rei (Lugo province, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.

Roman letters texture

Test for the twenty-four books room at the genie (Poincon) Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833). Test for the room of twenty-four books at the genius (punch).

Malacca, Historic Melaka, Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia, SE Asia

Funerary stele of land surveyor Lucius Aebutius Faustus, depicting tools of land surveyor

South America, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Isabela Island. Tagus Cove. Ships name carved into rock in 1926. (Large format sizes available)

Inscription on Ashok Stambha in Qutab Kutub campus, Delhi, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Egipto. Tumba 82 Amenemhat. Está situada en Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, la necrópolis de Tebas en la orilla oeste del Nilo, frente a Luxor, en Egipto.

Funerary inscription on the Breitenbach church, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Roman civilization.

Runic Plaque 700 A.D. Reads God Saves by his Mercy Hadda who wrote this.

Viking runes inscribed in a stone

Marble slab with inscription on the floor, St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta, Europe

Markscheidestein: Between the Pinge and the Geisingberg is a copy of a markscheidestein erected in 1811. Above ground, it shows the pit field boundary between the mining companies Gewerkschaft Rothe-Zeche-Fundgrube and Gewerkschaft Zwitterstocks tiefer Erbstolln . It was erected after the settlement of a dispute between these two companies and separated the fields with the respective mining authorisation, Altenberg, Altenberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Stein mit Inschrift inscribed stone Copyright: xZoonar.com/angetax 6130768

Roman scripture. writing on the outside wall of the peace altar in Rome

Reproduction of the Rosette Stone deciphered by Champollion, by Joseph Kosuth artist, square des Ecritures, Figeac, Lot, occitanie, France, Europe

Facade stone with latin text ROboro TE c ... Dor: RObur DAnt MUnial M ... JVSviret ut Lau..Us ROTTERODAMetuun, facing brick building component soil found slate stone, ca 372 kg hewn Rectangular facing brick text in high relief Comes from the back of the old town hall on the Kaasmarkt. ROboro TE c ... aro: RObur DAnt MUnial M ... JVSviret ut Lau..Us ROTTERODAMetuun (according to translation from 1890: Transactions of the Spirit give strength, your right to Rotterdam green as laurel) archeology Rotterdam Stadscentrum Stadsdriehoek Hoogstraat Kaasmarkt town hall council house Soil discovery near the Oostersche or Kralingse sluis Originating from the back (Kaasmarkt) of the old town hall with the front of the Hoogstraat.

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Facsimile of the Codex Sinaiticus, Monastery of St. Catherine 1900, Egypt, Sinai

Medieval inscription for the money changers' guild, Romanesque, main facade, cathedral, Cattedrale di San Martino also Duomo di Lucca, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

PAGINA DE LA HISTORICA RELACION DEL REINO DE CHILE Y DE LAS MISIONES Y MINISTERIOS QUE EJERCIA LA COMPAÑIA DE JESUS - 1648. Author: ALONSO DE OVALLE. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Names engraved by shepherds or soldiers in historical times. Regulated area of Les Merveilles, where thousands of Neolithic engravings dating from the Bronze Age (- 3000 years) are protected - Mercantour National Park - Alpes Maritimes - France

INSCRIPCION JUNTO A LA CAMARA SEPULCRAL. Location: CAMARA SEPULCRAL. PEAL DE BECERRO. JAEN. SPAIN.

Law codex, oldest written law in Europe, excavation site Gortys, Crete, Greece, Europe

LatinInscription, A.D.193-211, Ink on gypsum, 82.55 × 63.5 × 6.17 cm (32 1/2 × 25 × 2 7/16in.), Yale-French Excavations atDura-Europos, Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria, Syrian,Dura-Europos, Roman, late 2nd or early 3rd century A.D., Inscriptions

Israel, Caesarea. Roman ruins of Caesarea.

Fragment of a Latin Inscription

North America, USA, New Mexico, El Morro National Monument Inscriptions on Cliffs

Elongated facing brick with text: 1669 ... First stone ... Jeremias Hoorn, facing bricks building limestone stone, Rectangular letters hacked AN ° 1669 ON THE 4th and SEPTEMBER JEREMIAS HOORN THE FIRST STONE AEN THIS NEW GEBOU GELEYT Rotterdam

Tuareg script (Tifinagh) on stone, rock carvings, Youf Ahakit, Tassili du Hoggar, Wilaya Tamanrasset, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Old writings on stone wall

John Harvard memorial at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

GRABADOS ANTIGUOS EN LAS POYADILLAS, PRADO DE LA CAÑADA. POSIBLEMENTE DE 1817.

Africa, Libya, Leptis Magna, Roman inscriptions

Unknown photographer, stone fragment with inscription in Baalbek (without dat.): View. Photo, 19.9 x 20.1 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Fotograf : Steinfragment mit Inschrift in Baalbek (ohne Dat.)

Year Eighteen Fifty Three 1853 engraved and painted black, year stone.

Purple folio with title in gold in elaborate frame. Majorana, Cristoforo (Italian illuminator, active ca. 1480-1494). 1490 - 1510. Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Koranic suras or verses from the Koran carved in stone, Red Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

INSCRIPCION ELECTORAL EN LA VIA DE LA ABUNDANCIA. Location: EXTERIOR. POMPEII. ITALIA.

tombstone in africa morocco graveyard marble and concrete

Rwanda, Ntarama Memorial

Lazio Viterbo Viterbo Museo Civico51. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of paintings (Middle Ages through 18th c.), frescoes, a tabernacle, coffin, sculpture reliefs, portal fragments, busts, sculpture, tapestry found in the Pinacoteca, Second floor gallery and Second floor cloister sequences. Antiquities: Many views of Etruscan and Roman fragments, sculpture, sarcophagi, pottery, masks, jewelry and other objects found in the Storeroom sequence (inventory numbers on back of prints), and the Cloister, Second floor Cloister, Valle Giulia, Sala Romana and Sala Etrusca sequences. General Notes: There are eight separate numerical sequences for this location. The cloister as an architectural structure, rather than museum site, is documented in the record and file for S. Maria della Verita, Cloister, all views of which are stored in Medieval core collection. Five views from the Museo Civico Second floor cloister sequence are stored in Medieval. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-

Lazio Frosinone Ferentino Acropolis, Carcere di S. Ambrogio8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, fragments Post-medieval: Initialled medallions pinned to cloth German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

USA, NM, Gallup, Red Rock Canyon Loop Trail. Recent history inscribed in cliffs of canyon. Resembles Inscription Rock of El Morro National Monument

Oldest Croatian script, the Glagolitic alphabet, Glagolitsa

Latin- Ceolfrid Bible, Codex Amiatinus. Monkwearmouth Jarrow. 7th cent. AD.

Seville, 08/25/2009. Pilate's House. Photo: Díaz Japón Archsev.

Tombstone for Albania Avita, wife, and their deceased children, Valerius Avitianus and Valeria Gratina. Detail. Found in Cologne (Germany). Roman-Germanic Museum. Cologne. Germany.

foundation stone, possibly from Medina Azahara, museum, Mosque-cathedral of Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain.

Fragment of a Funerary Inscription. Unknown

BRONCE DE ASCOLI - DECRETO DE POMPEYO STRABONE PARA CABALLEROS ESPAÑOLES - FECHADA EN EL AÑO 89 AC. Location: MUSEO CAPITOLINO. Rome. ITALIA.

North America, USA, Wyoming, Guernsey, Oregon Trail Register Cliff Inscription.

Relief of Arras, besieged by the Spaniards (Title), 1654, 1655 print Relief of the city of Arras (Atrecht), besieged by the Spaniards, 23-25 August 1654. Arras deprived by the French army under the Marshal Turenne of the siege by the Spaniards under Louis de Condé and Archthertog Leopold Willem. Leaf with the title in large capitals in five unadulterated strips. Part of an unmounted whole consisting of a title page and a large performance on sixteen plates (the half plate at the bottom right is missing). France paper etching / engraving

lower case alphabet written in sand - a designers tool

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Tombstone in the Jewish cemetery Beth Haim in Curaçao .. October 1, 1955. Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

foundation stone foundation stone, possibly from Medina Azahara, museum, Mosque-cathedral of Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21791474

Corner: Provisional Government of the Second Republic, February 1848 Corner: "Provisional Government of the Second Republic, February 1848". Steel. 1848.

Latin inscription on the pedestal of the statue of Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, defender of the city of Corfu of the Turkish invasion of 1716. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece.

Jordi Puiggalí / Signature of the author, Siglo XX. Author: JORDI PUIGGALÍ I CLAVELL.

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