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The following translation is based on the Akkadian version: To Adad, the canal inspector of heaven and earth, who causes it to rain abundance, who gives well-watered pastures to the people of all cities, and who provides portions of food offering to the gods, his brothers, inspector of the rivers who makes the whole world flourish, the merciful god to whom it is sweet to pray, he who resides ...
An inscription in the pithos mentions "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah." [ 1 ] This image was "one of the most popular motifs of the first millennium in Western Asia," [ 2 ] [ 3 ] but originated earlier still.
The inscription was found at a burial site on Heilmannstraße (yellow circle). Map of Limes Germanicus, the system of fortifications representing the boundary of Roman control in Upper Germania. The Frankfurt silver inscription is an 18-line Latin engraving on a piece of silver foil, housed in a protective amulet dating to the mid-3rd century AD.
The Aihole Inscription, also known as the Aihole prashasti, is a nineteen line Sanskrit inscription at Meguti Jain temple in Aihole, Karnataka, India. An eulogy dated 634–635 CE, it was composed by the Jain poet Ravikirti [ 1 ] in honor of his patron emperor Pulakeshin II Satyashraya of the Vatapi Chalukya dynasty.
Parts of Diogenes' inscription. Diogenes of Oenoanda (/ d aɪ ˈ ɒ dʒ ɪ n iː z /; Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Οἰνοανδεύς) was an Epicurean Greek from the 2nd century AD who carved a summary of the philosophy of Epicurus onto a portico wall in the ancient Greek city of Oenoanda in Lycia (modern day southwest Turkey).
The Deir 'Alla inscription or Balaam inscription, [1] numbered KAI 312, is a famous inscription discovered during a 1967 excavation in Deir 'Alla, Jordan. [2] It is currently at the Jordan Archaeological Museum .
Khmer Inscription K-127: the significance of this inscription made in AD 683, is that it indicates that at present knowledge, the first zero is an ancient Khmer invention, while the first known use of a numerical zero in India was dated to the mid-ninth century, an era that coincided with the Arab Caliphate.
The inscriptions also highlight Bilge Khagan's accomplishment of uniting his people. As one passage reads, "By the will of Heaven, and because I was greatly deserving and it so brought it about, I brought the dying people back to life; for the naked people I found clothing, the poor people I made rich, the scanty people I made numerous.