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.

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 ".

In addition, the inscription on the gravestone of third son, the 8th headmaster of the Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū Kenjutsu, states that his exploits included improving the bokuto and shinai, and refining the armour by adding a metal grille to the men ( head piece ) and thick cotton protective coverings to the kote ( gauntlets ).

The gravestone of Urania of Worms, who died in 1275, contains the inscription " who sang piyyutim for the women with musical voice.

The title of " princeps " had been used by the indigenous peoples of Northern Spain and its use appears in Galician and Cantabrian inscriptions, in which expressions like " Nícer, Príncipe de los Albiones " ( on an inscription found in the district of Coaña ) and " princeps cantabrorum " ( over a gravestone of the municipality of Cistierna, in Leon ).

The inscription on the back of her gravestone reads:

File: Grave of Joseph Bell. jpg | Closeup of the inscription of the gravestone of Joseph Bell

His original gravestone with its Latin inscription has disappeared ; but in 1843 a new monument was erected over the spot, called Lusamgärtchen ( Lusam garden ), today sheltered by the two major churches of the city.

The inscription that he wanted on his gravestone read as follows:

The inscription of his gravestone reads:

Her gravestone is in Zennor churchyard in Cornwall, with the inscription " Vera May Atkins, Légion d ' honneur Croix de Guerre ".

He is buried at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California, where the inscription on his gravestone is designed to resemble the Goodson-Todman / Mark Goodson Productions logo.

The inscription on my gravestone will read: Please turn over!

George Mackay Brown's gravestone bears an inscription from the last two lines of his 1996 poem, " A work for poets ":

Peter Faneuil's gravestone is marked " P. Funel ," although the inscription was added long after his burial.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission in January 1998 added an inscription to the gravestone of " Major Martin " in the Catholic cemetery of Huelva that reads, " Glyndwr Michael served as Major William Martin.

According to local tradition he wrote the following inscription on a gravestone at either Macclesfield or Bunbury:

The title was taken from an inscription on her gravestone.

His gravestone includes a bas-relief portait sculpted by eminent American 19th century sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and includes the Latin inscription " Et vitam impendere vero " meaning " to devote life to truth ".

' An inscription on a 6th century gravestone near the Cornish town of Fowey memorializes ( in Latin ) a certain " Drustanus son of Cunomorus " and it has been conjectured that this is the Tristan son of Mark ( alias Quonomorus ) of legend.

The new gravestone is engraved with the China Dragon of the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Victoria Cross, and has the inscription ‘ AT THIS PLACE LIE THE REMAINS OF SGT GEORGE WALTERS VC.

A Ğabdulla Tuqay's gravestone in 2011 with name inscription in Tatar language in Arabic script

The inscription on his gravestone reads simply: He died for England.

She was buried in Oystermouth Cemetery on the outskirts of Swansea where her gravestone bears the inscription, chosen by Jones from Goethe's Faust: " Das Unbeschreibliche, hier ist's getan "-" Here the indescribable is done.

On his gravestone, the simple inscription reads: " They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind.

Her gravestone inscription says Formosae, cultae, ingeniosae, piae ( beautiful, elegant, talented, dutiful ).

Transcription, in the context of cuneiform, is the process in which an epigraphist makes a line art drawing to show the signs on a clay tablet or stone inscription in a graphic form suitable for modern publication.

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.

The connection of Kanishka with other Kushan rulers is described in the Rabatak inscription as Kanishka makes the list of the kings who ruled up to his time: Kujula Kadphises as his great-grandfather, Vima Taktu as his grandfather, Vima Kadphises as his father, and himself Kanishka:

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.

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

The inscription seems to parallel an episode in: Jehoram of Israel makes an alliance with Jehoshaphat king of Judah and an unnamed king of Edom ( south of Judah ) to put down his rebellious vassal Mesha ; the three kings have the best of the campaign until Mesha, in desperation, sacrifices his eldest son ; the sacrifice turns the tide, " there came great wrath against Israel ", and Mesha is apparently left victorious.

This outer inscription makes it possible to date the gate to the year AD 129 AD when Hadrian visited Asia Minor.

Clear evidence for union is provided by an inscription from the reign of King Merkurios at Taifa that makes clear that Nobatia was under Makurian control by the middle of the eighth century.

A cartoon by Wolf, the inscription reads " Highly learned makes a fool ".

Another inscription from Maski describes the place as a capital and makes a reference to the reign of Jayasimha.

His philosophy is summed up in an inscription on the Cliff Hare award, “ Athletics make men strong, study makes men wise, and character makes men great .” This belief manifested itself in how he approached his own personal life as he was involved in teaching, mentoring and enabling well-governed sports events at the university, as well as working to improve his community.

Piper then makes a comment to Prue, " We never did figure out what this inscription meant.

An inscription also makes a similar record.

An inscription by Cogidubnus found in Chichester may mention a " Pudens ", although the inscription is damaged so this is not certain, and the way the name is written makes it unlikely that person referred to was a Roman citizen.

This interpretation makes sense, as the inscription bears the words “ The Good God, Lady of the Two Lands, Daughter of Re, Hatshepsut ,” and the pharaoh is pictured making offerings to Amun.