Historically more important, and in beauty a rival of any, is the great "hunting" carpet in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan, inscribed: "It is by the efforts of Giyath-ud-Din ʿJami that this renowned carpet was brought to such perfection in the year 1521".
It had been a crime since 403/2 for anyone even to propose a law or decree in conflict with the newly inscribed laws, so it was ironic for the laws to tell Socrates to persuade or obey them (Crito 51b-c).
Is it inscribed, as it were, in the American constitution, and thence in the national character?
It was inscribed "to the Natelson Secession Book Club".
It was inscribed, "From one who was at a temporary loss for words, to one who — now — never need be.
Carved from black diorite, it is 30 inches tall and headless, and inscribed with cuneiform that says it was placed in a temple in Ur, in what is now southern Iraq, to please the god Enlil.
It was, indeed, inscribed and fundamentally baked into the parchment of our constitution.
While Walter's underwear went for almost $10,000, it was his inscribed copy of "Leaves of Grass" that went for the most money, with the winning bid coming in at $65,000.
The place was definitely an ancient port, Dr. Peacock said, but it was not until an inscribed piece of pottery was recently uncovered that he could be sure "beyond reasonable doubt" that this was indeed Myos Hormos.
It was surrounded by four inscribed sandstone pillars tied together by iron rails but due to the growth of the tree these burst and the stones fell.
