* Epigraphic: an ever-growling, searchable collection of literary epigraphs

Epigraphic evidence for the use of the Old Hungarian script in medieval Hungary dates to the 10th century, for example, from Homokmégy The latter inscription was found on a fragment of a quiver made of bone.

Epigraphic evidence of an ethnic group termed as such is found in ancient Sri Lanka where a number of inscriptions have come to light datable from 6th to 5th century BCE mentioning Damela or Dameda persons.

Epigraphic data also provide evidence for the early use of David's other epithet, " the Great " ( დიდი, didi ).

Epigraphic evidence suggests Munatius Plancus was the principal founder of Lugdunum.

Epigraphic evidence of the Mahāsāṃghikas in the Mathura region dates to the first century BCE, and the dates the formation of the Caitikas to 300 years after the Buddha.

Pope Telesphorus, Pope Hyginus, Pope Pius I, Pope Anicetus ( later transferred to the Catacomb of Callixtus ), Pope Victor I. Epigraphic evidence exists only for Linus, with the discovery of a burial slab marked " Linus " in 1615 ; however, the slab is broken such that it could have once read " Aquilinius " or " Anullinus ".

Epigraphic evidence indicates that Dasaratha retained imperial power in Magadha.

Epigraphic evidence has shed some light on the extent of Upper Britain and it encompassed all of what is now southern England as well as Wales and East Anglia.

Epigraphic evidence shows that he aimed to be king of Ireland, and perhaps considered himself to be such, but the annalists and later historians recognised no such pretensions.

Epigraphic sources chronicling ' Abraha's career include an inscription on the Marib Dam recording the quelling of an insurrection backed by a son of the deposed ruler, Esimiphaeus, in the year 657 of the Sabaean era, i. e. between 540-550 ; vital repairs effected to the dam later in the same year ; the reception of envoys from the Negus, from Byzantium, from Persia and from Harith b. Djabalat, the phylarch of Arabia ; and the completion of repairs to the dam in the following year, followed by a great feast of rejoicing.

* Preclassical Arabic inscriptions dating to the 1st century BC from Qaryat Al-Faw, written in Epigraphic South Arabian alphabets.

In 1924, Breasted also started the Epigraphic Survey with the goal of making and publishing accurate copies of monuments.

Epigraphic inscriptions in the Roman Empire tended to use capital letters.

* Epigraphic Survey, The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I. Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak vol.

* Edward D. Rockstein: " The Mystery of the Székely Runes ", Epigraphic Society Occasional Papers, Vol.

Epigraphic Evidence suggests the celebration of the Puthiyeedu during the Medieval Chola empire days.

Another lasting contribution of the Samanids to the history of Islamic art is the pottery known as Samanid Epigraphic Ware: plates, bowls, and pitchers fired in a white slip and decorated only with calligraphy, often elegantly and rhythmically written.

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Old South Arabian ( or Epigraphic South Arabian, or Sayhadic ) was a group of four closely related languages formerly spoken in the far southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula.

He spent most of his career as a professor and chair in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ( NELC ) of the University of Chicago, and was director of Chicago House and the Epigraphic Survey project of the Oriental Institute.

An account of the plate was published in the Dacca Review and Epigraphic Indica.

We must, therefore, have a look at the new archaeological material and re-examine the literary and place-name evidence which bears upon the problem.

Relying ... only on artistic and some literary sources because of the lack of archaeological examples, some believe that it was a heavy leather jacket with metal scales sewn onto it.

Proponents of this hypothesis have buttressed their case with linguistic, literary and archaeological interpretations, though such views have been called " archaeologically unsupportable ".

We know about his buildings in honor of St Felix from literary and archaeological evidence, especially from his long letter to Sulpicius Severus describing the arrangement of the building and its decoration.

Later accounts also speak of a Gallic persecution, especially at Lyons, under Severus, but historians, based on archaeological and literary evidence, generally consider these events actually to have taken place under Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Architectural historian Robert L. Thorp points out the scarcity of Han-era archaeological remains, and claims that often unreliable Han-era literary and artistic sources are used by historians for clues about lost Han architecture.

A study by Prof. Shaw has criticized a century of scholarly literature which theorizes a long decline in agricultural conditions since ancient times due to destructive invasions and significant climate change ; Shaw writes that such theories may be based on " false assumptions about the past, dubious literary evidence, and misunderstood archaeological data.

Although most literary references to Israelites are located in the Hebrew Bible, there is also abundant non-biblical archaeological and historical evidence of ancient Israel and Judah.

Its tentative attribution to the 6th century BC Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II by the assyriologist Dalley or to pre-Hellenistic Egypt has been refuted on the grounds of " the total lack of any literary and archaeological evidence for the existence of the water-screw before ca.

Ethnic groups in Chinese history refer to various or presumed ethnicities of significance to the history of China, gathered through the study of Classical Chinese literature, Chinese and non-Chinese literary sources and inscriptions, historical linguistics, and archaeological research.

What we know about Mesopotamian religion comes from archaeological evidence uncovered in the region, particularly literary sources, which are usually written in cuneiform on clay tablets and which describe both mythology and cultic practices.

In both texts, Leland drew on a wide range of literary, etymological, archaeological and oral sources to defend the historicity of Arthur.

It is known that the ancient inhabitants of north-western Europe venerated wet or watery places, including rivers ( as attested by both literary and archaeological evidence, e. g. ritual deposition in rivers or bogs ).

Following Nicolai, he argued, using as archaeological evidence " Baphomets " faked by earlier scholars and literary evidence such as the Grail romances, that the Templars were Gnostics and the " Templars ' head " was a Gnostic idol called Baphomet.

There is both literary and archaeological evidence of trade between Ancient Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley civilization ( probably correctly identified with the land called Meluhha in Akkadian ).

Zohary and Hopf note that the archaeological evidence for the cultivation of the parsnip is " still rather limited ", and that Greek and Roman literary sources are a major source about its early use, but warn " there are some difficulties in distinguishing between parsnip and carrot ( which, in Roman times, were white or purple ) in classical writings since both vegetables seem to have been sometimes called pastinaca yet each vegetable appears to be well under cultivation in Roman times.

The information provided by the Greek geographer is complemented by other literary, linguistic, and archaeological evidence.

These games, known as Hippica Gymnasia are known from ample archaeological and literary evidence to have been quite elaborate displays and were intended to impress their audiences.

* The Jews in medieval Britain: historical, literary, and archaeological perspectives edited by Patricia Skinner ISBN 0-85115-931-2003

The Byzantine chroniclers provide more names than the number of the gates, the original Greek names fell mostly out of use during the Ottoman period, and literary and archaeological sources provide often contradictory information.

In 1804 he accepted the post of librarian to Amalia, Dowager Duchess of Weimar, which gave him the leisure he desired for the purpose of turning to account the literary and archaeological researches in which he had engaged at Rome.

The " Dictionary " includes articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, early Jewish-Christian relations, the historical Jesus, sociological and literary methods of biblical criticism, feminist hermeneutics, and numerous entries on archaeological sites, as well as bibliographies with citations listed individually at the end of each article.

There is also significant archaeological evidence, including some epigraphic evidence, for the Indo-Greek kings, such as the mention of the " Yavana " embassy of king Antialcidas on the Heliodorus pillar in Vidisha, primarily in Indic languages, which has the same problems with names as the Indic literary evidence.

However, archaeological investigation of the Asiatic steppe is still limited and patchy ; literary records of any kind are late and scanty and seldom mention details of bows.

There is literary evidence of a female diaconate particularly in Constantinople, and archaeological evidence of deaconesses in a number of other areas in the Empire, particularly Asia Minor.