J. Ph. Vogel, an eminent indologist, and expert on the history of Chamba state, proposed the museum to preserve a number of valuable inscriptions, mostly in Sarda script, which contained some rare information about the medieval history of Chamba; the parasites of Sarahan, Devi-ri-kothi and mul Kihar are still preserved in the museum.
This valuable inscription gives a picture of how Augustus wished to be remembered presenting him as a traditional Roman aristocrat, who, working in accordance with popular consensus, saved the republic from violent attacks, enriched the state by his munificence, and never resorted to unconstitutional or illegal means.
— Tom". Claude was perhaps the inspiration for what is thought to be the most valuable inscription of Gebauer's collection, the sketch of a smiling pig saying "Love" in the 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow". That book was Pynchon's most controversial.
A valuable 5th-century inscription found in the 1970s concerning a community in Aetolia (north-central Greece) illuminated the obligations imposed by Sparta on its allies: above all, full military reciprocity i.e., the requirement to defend Sparta when it was attacked, with similar guarantees offered by Sparta in return.
Although a few inscriptions can be be valuable -- e.g., "To Elvis, from Jackie" -- as a rule the only name you want on a piece is the maker's.
It includes lives of the saints and patriarchs, notes on topography and history, and a valuable selection from 1,000 years of literary testimony and inscriptions on the mountain and its Daoism.
The sarcophagi there and the catacomb walls have funerary inscriptions in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek and are a valuable primary source for Jewish history of the Talmudic period.
January 17 , 1837Paris, France December 9, 1883 Paris, France François Lenormant, (born Jan . 17 , 1837Paris, Fr. died Dec. 9, 1883, Paris) French Assyriologist and numismatist who recognized, from cuneiform inscriptions, a language now known as Akkadian that proved valuable to the understanding of Mesopotamian civilization 3,000 years before the Christian era.
Perhaps the most famous and valuable writing on the walls of the church is a Cyrillic inscription on the south wall of the premises south of the narthex, conventionally known as the baptistery.
In addition to excavating many architectural remains and artifacts valuable in helping delineate the city's history, Schaeffer found hundreds of clay tablets bearing cuneiform inscriptions.
At the Virginia show, attendees paid $10 for admission, $220 or $250 for Swann's signature, and $50 apiece for additional inscriptions reading "SB X MVP" or "HOF 01" — references to Swann's most-valuable-player performance for the Steelers in Super Bowl X and 2001 induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
