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inscriptions, early Christian
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inscriptions, early Christian. If the well-known SATOR word square (a cryptogram of doubtful interpretation) is Christian, the examples found at Pompeii (destroyed in 79) must be the earliest extant Christian inscriptions. 3rd-cent. inscriptions are fairly common in the Roman
catacombs and from the 4th cent. they are very common in Rome, N. Africa, Syria, and Asia Minor.
In contrast to pagan inscriptions, Christian inscriptions give little personal detail. They are valuable
en masse as evidence of the texture of the community and the expansion of the Church, and bear witness to the beliefs of rank-and-file Christians of the period.
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Inscriptions of Gopaksetra: Materials for the History of Central India.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...individual inscriptions in Inscriptions of Gopaksetra follow the...of each village site of an inscription has been plotted on a map...publication in which a particular inscription has been reported, published...provides cross-references to inscriptions in which the same prominent...
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How inscriptions and style reflect politics: the bronzes of King Cuo.(Research)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...year according to their inscriptions. The workshop in the...called Yeyun in these inscriptions. Bronzes with a tenth-year inscription include a multi-plate...hu, and a dustpan. In inscriptions of this year the workshop...
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The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...than four hundred inscriptions, arranged according...general category of the inscription and the type of monument (Honorific Inscriptions, Acclamations, Architectural...Documents, Fresco Inscription, Inscriptions on Small Stone Objects...
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Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E.
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Moabite Mesha Inscription. Other Northwest Semitic inscriptions as well as...book omits inscriptions that do not...King Jehoash Inscription, which was...unprovenanced inscriptions that turned...data of the inscription must be in...
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Stories in Scripture and Inscriptions: Comparative Studies on Narratives in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Northwest Semitic inscriptions, Mesad Hashavyahu...and the Siloam inscription (KAI no. 189...taken from three inscriptions: the Moabite inscription of Mesha (KAI...the Aramaic inscriptions from Tel Dan...
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The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Interpretation
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...for the reuse of the inscription's fragments only...deterioration in basalt inscriptions before concluding...few decades) in the inscription. second, the paleographical...epigraphical studies of the inscription by scholars such as...use of comparative inscriptions from neighboring states...
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E.A. Mel'nikova [Scandinavian Runic Inscriptions: New Finds and Interpretations. Texts, Translation, Commentary].(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...three chapters, namely I. "Inscriptions with the older futhark...Eastern Coins" and 3. "Inscriptions with Younger Runes and Rune...Norwegian, and Swedish inscriptions that mention eastern Europe...is the celebrated tilarids inscription), 2. Lepesovka, a piece...
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Gospel inscription discovered on Jerusalem tomb
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/23/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...uncovered the Simon inscription. Now, they hope...and Zachariah inscriptions were carved around...extensively. "[The inscription] shows there...Zachariah and Simon inscriptions were chiseled...but erasing the inscriptions. Zias, a member...the Zachariah inscription by chance - in...
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SHADES OF SIAM: The allegorical aspects of Inscription I, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 1/18/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...their doubts about Inscription I. On the one hand...know from other early inscriptions): the language...something very fishy about Inscription I. Then, about a...including the other inscriptions of Sukhothai) used...times. However, in Inscription I the tone-markers...
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Celtic inscriptions from Gaul and Britain.(Textes Gallo-Latins sur instrumentum)(The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain: Phonology and Chronology)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...SIMS-WILLIAMS. The Celtic inscriptions of Britain: phonology and...discovery. For one thing, new inscriptions are being discovered more...one very important and long inscription has been discovered since...this collection includes two inscriptions from Bath, *L-107 and...
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inscription
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
inscription writing on durable...epigraphy. Modern inscriptions are made for...chief Celtic inscriptions are in the ogham...alphabet used in inscriptions. Later Epigraphy...Modern monumental inscription is in the sa
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Behistun Inscription
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...ancient Mesopotamia. The inscription in Old Persian, in...carved together with the inscription. Although the rock...scaled it and copied the inscriptions. Rawlinson translated...Persian section of the inscription, which later led to...
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inscriptions, early Christian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
inscriptions, early Christian. If the well-known SATOR word square...destroyed in 79) must be the earliest extant Christian inscriptions. 3rd-cent. inscriptions are fairly common in the Roman catacombs and from the 4th...
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Bisutun Inscription
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bisutun Inscription see Behistun Inscription .
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Abercius, Inscription of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Abercius, Inscription of. The Greek epitaph of Abercius Marcellus, Bp. of Hieropolis...Life of Abercius’, which incorporates the text of the inscription and attributes to Abercius a ‘Book of Teaching’...
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