Taylor found clay cylinders in the four corners of the top stage of the ziggurat which bore an inscription of Nabonidus ( Nabuna ` id ), the last king of Babylon ( 539 BC ), closing with a prayer for his son Belshar-uzur ( Bel-ŝarra-Uzur ), the Belshazzar of the Book of Daniel.

Just as in the 7th century Chinese History of Northern Dynasties and the Book of Zhou, an inscription in the Iranian language, Sogdian, reports the Turks to be a subgroup of the Huns.

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.

The plinth carries two brass drinking fountain heads on opposite sides, and the inscription ; IN REMEMBRANCE OF SAMUEL GURNEY / WHO DIED THE 5TH OF JUNE 1856 / ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS / 1861 / " When the ear heard him then it blessed him " ( a paraphrase from the Book of Job, Chapter 29 verse 11 ).

It was Cambon who made the initial suggestion for the state debt to be " rendered republican and uniform " and it was he who proposed to convert all the contracts of the creditors of the state into an inscription in a great book, which should be called the " Great Book of the Public Debt ".< ref > Adolphe Thiers, George Thomas, Frederic Shoberl.

These lines invoke God's mercy and pray for inscription in the Book of Life.

Some scholars have identified the conqueror Hùntián of the Book of Liang with the Brahmin Kauṇḍinya who married a nāga ( snake ) princess named Somā, as set forth in a Sanskrit inscription found at My Son and dated AD 658 ( see below ).

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.

An archaeological find from 1967, from Deir Alla in Jordan, produced an ancient inscription written in red and black ink on plaster walls, telling about a hitherto unknown prophecy from a Book of Balaam, foretelling destruction for disobedience to the gods.

" Nickelsburg connected the inscription with oath taken by the angels under Semjaza who took an oath together, bound by a curse in order to take wives in the Book of Enoch ( 1 Enoch 6: 6 ).

The inclusion of this inscription again identifies the Gospel Book with Christ.

The inscription in Book X reads: " In this book are given many of the later writings of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien concerning the history of the Elder Days from the Music of the Ainur to the Hiding of Valinor ; here much is told of Sun and the Moon ; of the immortal Eldar and the death of the Atani ; of the beginning of the Orcs and of the evil power of Melkor, the Morgoth, the Black Foe of the World.

The inscription in Book XI reads: " In this book are recorded the last writings of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien concerning the wars of Beleriand, here also is told the story of how Húrin Thalin brought ruin to the Men of Brethil, with much else concerning the Edain and Dwarves and the names of many peoples in the speech of the Elves.

The inscription in Book XII reads: " This is the last volume of the work of Christopher Tolkien in which he has collected a great part of all that his father John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote of Middle-earth and Valinor.

The inscription in Book V reads: " Herein are collected the oldest Tale of the Downfall of Númenor, the story of the Lost Road into the West, the Annals of Valinor and the Annals of Beleriand in a later form, the Ainulindalë, or the Music of the Ainur, the Lhammas, or Account of tongues, the Quenta Silmarillion or History of the Silmarils and the history of many words and names.

The inscription in Book I reads: " This is the first part of the Book of the Lost Tales of Elfinesse which Eriol the Mariner learned from the Elves of Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle in the western ocean, and afterwards wrote in the Golden Book of Tavrobel.

The inscription in Book II reads: " This is the second part of the Book of the Lost Tales of Elfinesse which Eriol the Mariner learned from the Elves of Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle in the western ocean, and afterwards wrote in the Golden Book of Tavrobel.

The inscription in Book IV reads: " Herein are the Quenta Noldorinwa, the History of the Gnomes, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World by Rúmil, the Annals of Valinor and the Annals of Beleriand by Pengolod, the Wise of Gondolin with maps of the world in the Elder Days and translations made by Ælfwine the Mariner of England into the tongue of his own land.

According to the Book of Jubilees, Cainan was taught to read by his father, and he found, carved on the rocks by former generations, an inscription preserving the science of astrology as taught by the Watchers, who had rebelled from God before the deluge.

The inscription declares, citing a 12 November 1548 papal bull of Pope Paul III, that God inflicts " maledictions and excommunications " on all who abandon a child of theirs whom they have the means to rear, and that they cannot be absolved unless they first refund all expenses incurred.

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

The year is stated as the ninth year of Ptolemy V's reign ( equated with 197 / 196 BC ), and it is confirmed by naming four priests who officiated in that same year: Aëtus son of Aëtus was priest of the divine cults of Alexander the Great and the five Ptolemies down to Ptolemy V himself ; his three colleagues, named in turn in the inscription, led the worship of Berenice Euergetis ( wife of Ptolemy III ), Arsinoe Philadelpha ( wife and sister of Ptolemy II ) and Arsinoe Philopator, mother of Ptolemy V. However, a second date is also given in the Greek and hieroglyphic texts, corresponding to, the official anniversary of Ptolemy's coronation.

In 1789 the stone was visited by King George III along with his queen and an inscription was added to the stone commemorate the visit.

An inscription records the restoration of various parts of the Colosseum under Theodosius II and Valentinian III ( reigned 425 – 455 ), possibly to repair damage caused by a major earthquake in 443 ; more work followed in 484 and 508.

Wood-carving made by inhabitants of the village of Osoi, Debar district, with the inscription: To its Tsar Liberator Boris III, from grateful Macedonia.

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

Modern historians rely on a comparison of inscriptions and chronological considerations to reconstruct the chronology of Thutmose III, and there is unanimity among Egyptologists that he counted as his own years the 21 years that Hatshepsut was on the throne, even though no inscription has ever been found explicitly stating this fact.

In one extant inscription ( CIL III. 12132, from Arycanda ), the cities of Lycia and Pamphylia asking for the interdiction of the Christian cult, Maximinus, in another inscription, replied by expressing his hope that " may those [...] who, after being freed from [...] those by-ways [...] rejoice snatched from a grave illness ". After the victory of Constantine over Maxentius, however, Maximinus, according to Eusebius, directed a letter to the Praetorian Prefect Sabinus, in which he expressed the view that it was better to " recall our provincials to the worship of the gods rather by exhortations and flatteries ".

There is a long dedication inscription of Salmānu-ašarēd, II or III undetermined, to Ištar composed for the consecration of a temple.

On the top and the bottom of the reliefs there is a long cuneiform inscription recording the annals of Shalmaneser III.

In 1951 CE, an inscription was published that showed that Shalmaneser III of Assyria received tribute, in 841 BCE from a certain Baa ‘ li-maanzer of Tyre.

Liver advanced a second reason to favor the 825 date, related to the inscription of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria, mentioned above, where it was mentioned that philological studies have equated this Ba ’ li-manzer with Balazeros ( Baal-Eser II ), grandfather of Pygmalion.

Following the death of Queen Mary from smallpox in 1694 the coins continued with King William's head facing right and the inscription — William III by the grace of God, on the reverse, and the crowned " I " and — King of Great Britain France and Ireland.

The obverse of the Cartwheel coinage is a rather fine laureated right-facing bust of George III, with the inscription, while the reverse showed the seated Britannia, facing left, holding an olive branch and trident with the inscription — although it appears that coins were minted for several years, but all with the 1797 date.

There is the undated issue which looks very like the earlier hammered coinage, with a crowned left-facing bust of the king with the denomination indicated by III behind his head, and the inscription, with the reverse showing a shield encircling the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and France with the legend.

As for the Year 27 hieratic graffito at Horemheb's Funerary temple at Medinet Habu and the Year 59 date from the inscription of Mes, Van Dijk argues that the first date likely inaugurated a statue of Horemheb during Year 27 of Ramesses II or III in Horemheb's temple while the latter date of Mes " can hardly be taken seriously, and indeed is not taken at face value by even the staunchest supporters of a long reign " for Horemheb since there was no standard Egptian practise of including the years of all the rulers between Amenhotep III and Horemheb as Wolfgang Helck makes clear.

After the Egyptian conquest of Beit She ’ an by pharaoh Thutmose III in the 15th century BCE ( recorded in an inscription at Karnak ), the small town on the summit of the Tell became the center of the Egyptian administration of the region.

An undated inscription of Tiglath-Pileser III boasts of making Hoshea king after his predecessor had been overthrown:

On the top and the bottom of the reliefs there is a long cuneiform inscription recording the annals of Shalmaneser III.

Grave of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III in Lepea village with inscription of his last words in the Samoan language.

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ( king Alexander ).

The Gaulish inscription from Montagnac reads αλλετυος καρνονου αλσοεας ( alleteiuos karnonou alisonteas ), with the last word possibly a place name based on alisia, " service-tree " or " rock " ( compare Alesia, Gaulish Alisiia ).

The inscription reads Wie vrijheid wil, moet de ander vrijheid bieden ( He who wants freedom, must give it to others ).

Yale president Arthur Twining Hadley penned the inscription, which reads: " On Pemberton Hill, 255 Feet North of This Spot, Was Born on April Fifth 1649 Elihu Yale, Governor of Madras, Whose Permanent Memorial in His Native Land is the College That Bears His Name.

The inscription in Etruscan letters reads eluveitie, which has been interpreted as the Etruscan form of the Celtic ( h ) elu ̯ eti ̯ os (“ the Helvetian ”), presumably referring to a man of Helvetian descent living in Mantua.

" The Hebrew inscription, which is set on three lines, reads as follows: " l ' hz * y / hwtm * mlk */ yhdh ", which translates as " belonging to Ahaz ( son of ) Yehotam, King of Judah.

The inscription reads " Workers of the world, unite!

His headstone inscription reads: " Kit Carson / Died May 23, 1868 / Aged 59 Years.

The inscription on the gates reads " You'll Never Walk Alone ".

– The Latin inscription reads LVDOVICVS ( i. e. " Louis ") DEI GRACIA ( i. e. " by the Grace of God ", where Latin gratia was spelt gracia ) FRANCOR REX ( i. e. " Style of the French Sovereign # Francorum Rex | King of the Franks ", where Francor.

The inscription reads in Russian and Georgian: " To the Militia of Our Faithful Imeretian People for Exceptional Courage Displayed against the Mountaineers in 1838.

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.

In part the inscription reads: " The spire symbolises the rise to world recognition of a boy who was born in Jeparit and who rose by his own efforts to become Australia's Prime Minister and a statesman recognised and honoured throughout the world.

The tomb of Shah Jahan bears a calligraphic inscription that reads ; " He traveled from this world to the banquet-hall of Eternity on the night of the twenty-sixth of the month of Rajab, in the year 1076 Hijri.

The inscription on the painting reads " playfully painted the imperial brush " in 1427.

An inscription reads: " Here a Nation was born ".

An inscription seemingly carved into the wall above the skeleton reads: " IO FUI GIA QUEL CHE VOI SIETE E QUEL CH ' IO SONO VOI ANCO SARETE " ( I once was what now you are and what I am, you shall yet be ).

The inscription on the base, written by Viollet-le-Duc, reads ( in French ):

The inscription on the Rufus Stone reads:

The cuneiform inscription found at Erebuni Fortress reads:

The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ( Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory ).

The inscription at its base reads:

The inscription reads:

She rises, takes down her father ’ s knife, kisses the blade, and reads the inscription.

Butterfly reads the inscription on her father ’ s knife: " Who cannot live with honor must die with honor.