monumental tablet
1Monumental masonry — An example of a signed and dated maker s mark on a wall mounted memorial to Mary Carpenter in Bristol Cathedral sculpted by monumental mason J. Havard Thomas of London Monumental masonry (also known as memorial masonry) is a kind of stonemasonry… …
2Clay tablet — List of the victories of Rimush, king of Akkad, upon Abalgamash, king of Marhashi, and upon Elamite cities. Clay tablet, copy of a monumental inscription, ca. 2270 BCE. (see Manishtushu Obelisk) In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets… …
3Non-monumental uses of Ogham — As well as its use for monumental inscriptions, the Old Irish ogham alphabet was used for short messages on wood or metal, either to relay messages, or to denote ownership of the object inscribed. Some of these messages seem to have been cryptic… …
4stone — I. n. 1. Rock, pebble, bowlder. 2. Gem, jewel, precious stone. 3. Gravestone, tombstone, monument, cenotaph, monumental tablet. 4. Nut (of a drupe). 5. Vesical calculus. 6. Testicle. 7. A …
5epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction the study of written… …
6Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …
7Statue of Liberty — For other uses, see Statue of Liberty (disambiguation). Statue of Liberty Locat …
8WRITING — (Scripts, Materials, and Inscriptions). SCRIPTS AND MATERIALS General Survey From the end of the third millennium B.C.E., the art of writing was practiced in the ancient Near East (see alphabet ). Here, the pictographic, cuneiform, and… …
9MESOPOTAMIA — The original article in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica traced Mesopotamian history to its earliest beginnings and provided a detailed survey of Mesopotamian literature and institutions. With the availability of such tools as J.… …
10Persépolis — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Persépolis (desambiguación) …
