By 8-7 BC, Emperor Augustus praised the tribe ( civitas ) of Seduner with an inscription.

On the clock given him was the inscription, `` For Outstanding Contribution to Billiken Basketball, 1960-61 ''.

An inscription identifies him as the architect of " the Temple of Nike " in the Sanctuary of Athena Nike on the Acropolis ( IG I < sup > 3 </ sup > 35 ).

It is considered striking that Sennacherib not only left his father's city, but also doesn ’ t name him in any official inscription during his reign.

Pilate's rank while he was governor of Iudaea province appeared in a Latin inscription on the Pilate Stone which called him a prefect, while this Tacitean passage calls him a procurator.

Charles Baudelaire, a noted French writer who translated Poe's works into French and who was largely inspired by him, said that the building on the site of the Old Jacobin Club had no gates and, therefore, no inscription.

For Williams ' fortieth birthday, MacArthur sent him an oil painting of himself with the inscription " To Ted Williams — not only America's greatest baseball player, but a great American who served his country.

Spells traditionally were cast by many methods, such as by the inscription of runes or sigils on an object to give it magical powers ; by the immolation or binding of a wax or clay image ( poppet ) of a person to affect him or her magically ; by the recitation of incantations ; by the performance of physical rituals ; by the employment of magical herbs as amulets or potions ; by gazing at mirrors, swords or other specula ( scrying ) for purposes of divination ; and by many other means.

Kaleb sent a fleet across the Red Sea and was able to defeat Dhu Nuwas, who was killed in battle according to an inscription from Husn al-Ghurab, while later Arab tradition has him riding his horse into the sea.

On its base ( fragments are now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum ), an inscription praises him as “ everywhere and forever victorius .”

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 ").

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.

In 1938, after recovering the cross and donating it to Marcus Brody's museum, Indiana is introduced to Walter Donovan, who informs him that Indiana's estranged father has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail, using an incomplete inscription as his guide.

According to the story in the inscription, Balaam wakes up weeping and tells his people that the gods appeared to him in the night telling him about a goddess threatening to destroy the land.

Note the Spanish inscription describing him as " the second discoverer of Cuba.

On being made Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo I de ' Medici was granted the use of an open radial crown with a representation of the red Florentine fleurs-de-lis with its stamens posed between the petals in place of the ray in the front, completely covered with precious stones, by Pope Pius V, who specified that the circlet of this crown be engraved with an inscription that the crown had been granted him to wear by the Pope.

One inscription states that ships of Dilmun ( Bahrain ) brought him wood as tribute from foreign lands.

Kerenyi notes a Linear B inscription from Knossos, " to all the gods, honey ... to the mistress of the labyrinth honey " in equal amounts, suggesting to him that the Mistress of the Labyrinth was a Great Goddess in her own right.

Information regarding the life of Demetrius are drawn mainly from inscription as only Plutarch writes of him, in Life of Aratus, and Polybius makes scarce mentions of him.

Another inscription, at Ebchester, specifically refers to him as Cocidius Vernostonus, Cocidius of the alder tree.

An inscription says that, in the course of combat, Suryavarman leapt onto his rival's war elephant and killed him, just as the mythical bird-man Garuda slays a serpent.

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

A writing system for it was devised in 1119 AD and an inscription using this system is known from 1185 ( see List of Jurchen inscriptions ).

An inscription of Swampy Cree language | Swampy Cree using Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, an abugida developed by Christian missionaries for Aboriginal Canadian languages

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!

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

Such a treaty was seemingly remarkably effective, as the Bastarnae disappear, save for a single passing mention in Tacitus, from the Roman chronicles until c. AD 175, some 160 years after Augustus ' inscription was carved.

This list, published in July 2010, includes sites that may be nominated for inscription over the next 5 – 10 years.

Pasternak gave his lover a book of Petőfi with the inscription, " Petőfi served as a code in May and June 1947, and my close translations of his lyrics are an expression, adapted to the requirements of the text, of my feelings and thoughts for you and about you.

The reverse has the inscription and a space for the name of the recipient to be engraved.

inscription from the island of Ceos in the Cyclades catapult shooting competitions for the young ”.

Some examples of Cirth writings are the inscription on Balin's tomb in Moria and the inscriptions on the top of the title pages for The Lord of the Rings.

Additionally, according to Plutarch's essay on the meaning of the " E at Delphi "-- the only literary source for the inscription --- there was also inscribed at the temple a large letter E. Among other things epsilon signifies the number 5.

One inscription found at Axum, states that he conquered the nation of the Bogos, and returned thanks to his father, the god Mars, for his victory.

Derived from the epigramma " inscription " from ἐπιγράφειν epigraphein " to write oninscribe ", this literary device has been employed for over two millennia.

The Latin ethnonym " Germani " seems to be attested in the Fasti Capitolini inscription for the year 222 BCE-de Galleis Insvbribvs et Germ ( aneis )-where it may simply refer to " related " peoples, namely related to the Gauls.

The Old East Norse term for both Goths and Gotlanders seems to have been Gutar ( for instance, in the Gutasaga and in the runic inscription of the Rökstone ).

The inscription beneath this impressive mural expresses the desire of local people for the original canvas to be put on display in the town which inspired its creation: Guernica.

The district Aria of the Persian Achaemenid Empire is mentioned in the provincial lists that are included in various royal inscriptions, for instance, in the Behistun inscription of Darius I ( ca.

Angered by this snub, Eris arrived at the celebration with a golden apple from the Garden of the Hesperides, which she threw into the proceedings, upon which was the inscription καλλίστῃ ( kallistēi, " for the fairest one ").

A possible early kenning for " gold " ( walha-kurna " Roman / Gallic grain ") is attested in the Ancient Nordic runic inscription on the Tjurkö ( I )- C bracteate.

Also in English were added in script: " To my friend George, Lee Oswald, 5 / IV / 63 5, 1963 " Handwriting experts for the HSCA concluded the English inscription and signature were by Oswald.

Both sides bear the inscription " III VIR R P C ", meaning " One of Three Men for the Regulation of the Republic ".

Marcello Malpighi is buried in the church of the Santi Gregorio e Siro, in Bologna, where nowadays can be seen a marble monument to the scientist with an inscription in Latin remembering-among other things-his " SUMMUM INGENIUM / INTEGERRIMAM VITAM / FORTEM STRENUAMQUE MENTEM / AUDACEM SALUTARIS ARTIS AMOREM " ( great genius, honest life, strong and tough mind, daring love for the medical art ).

Malpighi is buried in the church of the Santi Gregorio e Siro, in Bologna, where nowadays can be seen a marble monument to the scientist with an inscription in Latin remembering-among other things-his " SUMMUM INGENIUM / INTEGERRIMAM VITAM / FORTEM STRENUAMQUE MENTEM / AUDACEM SALUTARIS ARTIS AMOREM " ( great genius, honest life, strong and tough mind, daring love for the medical art ).