If it proclaims that the best is yet to be, it always arouses, at least in the young, either a suspicious question or perhaps the exclamation of the Negro youth who saw on a tombstone the inscription, `` I am not dead but sleeping ''.

The regulations require the inscription of each individual ( male or female, adult or child ) on a separate card ( fiche ).

Each adult is held personally responsible for assuring his inscription and obtaining an identification card which must be shown on demand.

The oldest text in Phoenician script is an inscription on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram.

A runic inscription on a fibula found at Bad Ems reflects Christian pious sentiment ( and is also explicitly marked with a Christian cross ), reading god fura dih deofile ᛭ (" God for / before you, Theophilus!

* 1864 – The U. S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

The inscription on Aeschylus's gravestone makes no mention of his theatrical renown, commemorating only his military achievements:

In Athens, Paul visits an altar with an inscription dedicated to an unknown god, so when he gives his speech on the Areopagos, he proclaims to worship that same unknown god whom he identifies as the Christian God.

Pope Martin V protested in vain against the inscription on the sarcophagus: " John the former pope ".

Some 600 years later a seal was found by a ploughman, bearing a knight in armour and holding a lance shield with the inscription " Sigillum Millonis De Glocestria ".

A famous graffito of the 20th century was the inscription in the London subway reading " Clapton is God ".

Regarding the inscription reading, John Hines of Cardiff University comments that there is " quite an essay to be written over the uncertainties of translation and identification here ; what are clear, and very important, are the names of two of the Norse gods on the side, Odin and Heimdallr, while Þjalfi ( masculine, not the feminine in-a ) is the recorded name of a servant of the god Thor.

Each revolution is as meritorious as reading the inscription aloud as many times as it is written on the scroll, and this means that the more Om Mani Padme Hum mantras that are inside a prayer wheel, the more powerful it is.

In Phrygia a number of funerary stone inscriptions use the term Chrestians, with one stone inscription using both terms together, reading: " Chrestians for Christians ".

An inscription has been found near Ravenna reading Iuppiter Ter., indicating that Terminus is an aspect of Jupiter.

") and the inscription on Balin's tombstone, reading: BALIN FUNDINUL UZBAD KHAZAD-DÛMU, or Balin son of Fundin Lord of Moria.

The key to reading logosyllabic cuneiform came from the Behistun inscription, a trilingual cuneiform inscription written in Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian.

The inscription matar kubileya at a Phrygian rock-cut shrine, dated to the first half of the 6th century BCE, is usually read as " Mother of the mountain ", a reading supported by ancient Classical sources, and consistent with Cybele as any of several similar tutelary goddesses, each known as " mother " and associated with specific Anatolian mountains or other localities ; a goddess " born from stone ".

A 4th-or 3rd-century BC inscription from Ardea reading neven deivo has been taken to refer to the Novensiles as nine deities .< ref > CIL I < sup > 2 </ sup >. 455 ; Vittore Pisani, ( 1943 ) p. 253 as quoted by G. C. L. Bakkum The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus Amsterdam 2009 p. 62 ; Emil Vetter, " Di Novensiles Di Indigetes " in Indogermanische Forschungen LXII ( 1956 ) p. 1 .</ ref > Granius Flaccus and Aelius Stilo, Arnobius says, identify the Novensiles with the Muses, implying that they are nine in number.

Sir Galahad survives this test, witnessed by King Arthur who, upon realizing the greatness of this new knight, leads him out to the river where a sword lies in a stone with an inscription reading “ Never shall man take me hence but only he by whose side I ought to hang ; and he shall be the best knight of the world .” ( The embedding of a sword in a stone is also an element of the legends of Arthur's original sword, The sword in the stone.

The first one on the right, decorated on the outside with paintings of funereal banquets and the miracle of the calling out of Cerasa's demons, on the inside contains paintings ( including a ceiling painting of a Gorgon's head ) and inhumation burials and has a surviving inscription reading " Marcus Clodius Hermes ", the name of its owner.

The earliest case of such an bindrune of reasonable certain reading is the inscription ( perhaps referring to the " Mærings " or Ostrogoths ) on the silver buckle of Szabadbattyán, dated to the first half 5th century and conserved at the Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum in Budapest.

On the pyramid it is declared in Egyptian writing how much was spent on radishes and onions and leeks for the workmen, and if I remember correctly what the interpreter said while reading this inscription for me, a sum of 1600 silver talents was spent.

But an additional inscription, reading " 10 PORT CANTONAL Cent " ran across the top of each pair.

There is a Tau cross on one side and a Latin inscription on the other side, now much worn, reading:

In those cases where a previously cited inscription could no longer be found, the authors tried to get an accurate reading by comparing the versions of the published inscription in the works of previous authors who had seen the original.

In the Chatsworth painting the shepherds are actively discovering the half-hidden and overgrown tomb, and are reading the inscription with curious expressions.

2400 B. C ) with the inscription reading " Hold him and do not allow him to faint ".

The inscription makes reference to the importance of reading and digesting the bible as part of good kingship.

In 1927, the first Roman letters had appeared on an Afgan stamp, the inscription reading " AFGHAN POSTAGE ".

Near the garden entrance is a cenotaph to the 15th Earl, a marble bust with an inscription reading " He made the desert smile ".

The " Fortuny Tablet ", a unique plaque measuring 90 x 44 cm, has a garden-like design, inside a border with an inscription praising Yusuf III, Sultan of Granada ( r. 1408-1417 ).

Not mentioned in any annals, it is attested to by two coins from Mérida and Granada bearing the inscription IUDILA REX.

The slab on top carries the inscription (" Here lies a French soldier who died for the fatherland 1914 – 1918 ").

The Res Gestae Divi Augusti (" Acts of the divine Augustus "), a self-congratulatory inscription commissioned by Augustus to list his achievements, states that he received an embassy from the Bastarnae seeking a treaty of friendship.

The Welsh reverse £ 1 coins minted in 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000 bear the edge inscription (" I am devoted to my country "), from the refrain of " Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau ".

The last known Indo-Greek ruler was Theodamas, from the Bajaur area of Gandhara, mentioned on a 1st century CE signet ring, bearing the Kharoṣṭhī inscription " Su Theodamasa " (" Su " was the Greek transliteration of the Kushan royal title " Shau " (" Shah " or " King ")).

The inscription on Gerbert's tomb reads in part Iste locus Silvestris membra sepulti venturo Domino conferet ad sonitum (" This place, at the advent of the Lord, will yield to the sound the last trumpet the buried members of Sylvester II ", mis-read as " will make a sound ") has given rise to the curious legend that his bones will rattle in that tomb just before the death of a Pope.

On the chamfered edge around this design runs a circular Latin inscription in two rings which reads: Rec figura talet ad amorem regum / et principum iras iudicum (" This sign rouses the love of kings and princes, the wrath of judges ").

The crossguard bears the following Latin inscription: Quicumque hec / nomina Deii secum tu / lerit nullum periculum / ei omnino nocebit (" Whoever will carry these names of God with him, no danger will harm him ").

The crossguard bears, above another pattern of vine leaves, an inscription in corrupted Hebrew in Latin script: Con citomon Eeve Sedalai Ebrebel (" Fervent faith incite the names of God: Sedalai and Ebrehel ").

One of the plates had already been broken by that time with only part of the inscription preserved: Liste est glaud ... h Bolezlai Duc ... (" This is a sword of ... Duke Boleslaus ..."); the inscription on the other plate continued: Cum quo ei Dn SOS Omnipotens Salvator auxiletur adsus partes amen (" With whom is the Omnipotent Lord and Savior, to help him against his enemies.

The full inscription read: Iste est gladius Principis et haeredis Boleslai Ducis Poloniae et Masoviae, Lanciciae (" This is a sword of Hereditary Prince Boleslaus, Duke of Poland, Masovia, and Łęczyca ").

Memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism | Memorial " to the gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism " in Cologne: The inscription on the left side of the monument ( to the viewer's right from the angle depicted ) reads " Totgeschlagen – Totgeschwiegen " (" Struck Dead – Hushed Up ").

An inscription, indeed, cut in the rock near San Felice, speaks about this part of the (" promontory of Venus "; the only case of the use of this name ) as belonging to the city of Circei.

Numerous precious objects were found, including a richly ornamented sword, a torse-like bracelet, jewels of gold and garnet cloisonné, gold coins, a gold bull's head and a ring with the inscription (" of Childeric the king "), which identified the tomb.

On the old townhall a Latin inscription is still visible: Montes argentum mihi dant nomenque Tridentum (" Mountains give me silver and the name of Trento "), attributed to Fra ' Bartolomeo da Trento ( died in 1251 ).

The green harp flag in its 18th to 19th century design, showing the " Maid of Erin " as the harp's pillar, her wing forming the harp's neck, and the inscription Erin go Bragh (" Ireland forever "). According to an American journalist covering the war with Mexico:

As the runic inscription (" far from home ") indicates, the twins are cited here as the Dioscuri, helpers at voyages such as Castor and Polydeuces.

Below the image is the Latin inscription Cave Cave Deus Videt (" Beware, Beware, God is Watching ").

On one of the tripods there was this inscription in Cadmean writing, which as he attested, resembled Ionian letters: (" Amphitryon dedicated me forgetthe spoils of battle of Teleboae.

Often we find an inscription on a scroll that reads Omnia Vanitas (" All is Vanity "), a quote from the Latin translation of the Book of Ecclesiastes.

Her realm is a chaotic, constantly changing mass of colors and strange objects and shapes, and contains a sundial with the inscription " Tempus Frangit " (" time breaks ," a Latin pun on the phrase " Tempus Fugit ", " time flees ".