A smaller number of inscribed objects have been picked up from the beds of other rivers like South Pennar and Vaigai.
The Cyrus cylinder is a 6th century BC clay object inscribed with an account in cuneiform of the conquest of Babylon by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.
They found two men -- Percy Freeman and Mr. Busch, who was standing at the foot of the stairs leading up from his door with a small hammer, a religious object inscribed with Hebrew names for God.
Three months after the announcement of its discovery in Central Asia, a tiny stone object inscribed with symbols thought to be the writing of an obscure desert culture from 4,000 years ago is more of an enigma than ever.
Today, there are over a million rare and valuable works of art in the permanent collection of the Palace Museum, including paintings, ceramics, seals, steles, sculptures, inscribed wares, bronze wares, enamel objects, etc.
Some Poro masks are constructed of leather, fabric, and white raffia; other objects, including wooden tablets inscribed with Qurʾānic verses, may be attached to the headdress.
This is perhaps best understood as meaning that he took an inscribed piece of metal from the dedicated object, perhaps a cauldron (see Wilamowitz 1962, II 94).
Ten objects, among them one of the inscribed rings, were stolen shortly after the find was made, and when the remaining objects were recovered, it was discovered that the other ring had been cut into at least four pieces by a Bucharest goldsmith, whereby one of the inscribed characters had become damaged to the point of illegibility.
They are the objects of ordinary life, demonstratively inscribed and growing more flamboyant over the decades.
