The behistun inscription: Did you mean...?

This clay tablet preserves a copy of a royal inscription of king Hammurabi of Babylon (reigned 1792-1750 BCE; Old Babylonian Period), which had been found in an ancient temple. The writer has attempted to imitate the original script, and...

Funerary inscription of a Roman soldier who served in the Legio XXI Rapax. Roman Museum, Nyon, Switzerland.

Old Kannada inscription (780 CE) of Rashtrakuta King Dhruva Dharavarsha, Naregal, India. Ref source: Epigraphia Indica and Record of the Archæological Survey of India, Volume 6, (1900), pp.162-163

From a workshop in Upper Egypt. The Greek inscription says "The Holy and Consubstantial Trinity Amen." 4th-5th century CE. Made from clay. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

This is a cuneiform inscription from Lchashen, Armenia, which is located close to Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province. This cuneiform dates from the time of the Urartian King Argishti I (r. 786-764 BCE). Herein, the capture of the city...

A building inscription from Milecastle 38 which gives evidence for the building of Hadrian's Wall in Britain that bears his name. The text also mentions Aulus Platorius Nepos, who arrived with the emperor in the province of Britannia in 122...

The cuneiform inscription on this block mentions king Sarduri II, son of the king Argishti I. Sarduri II was a King of Urartu and was succeeded by his son, Rusa I. From Astwadzashen, 50 kilometers southeast of Van (of eastern Turkey). c...

Sword belt decoration with the inscription LG X FR FEL: Legio X Fretensis Felix (the fortunate), early 3rd century CE. Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Blocks carrying a Latin inscription of the imperial forum of Roman Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain. 1st century CE.

Roman rock inscription in Qobustan, Azerbaijan. Latin text : "Imp(eratore) Domitiano / Caesare Aug(usto) / Germanic(o) / L(ucius) Iulius / Maximus (centurio) / leg(ionis) XII Ful(minatae)".