It is first attested in the inscriptions of Darius I (ruled 522 486 bce), of which the longest, earliest, and most important is that of Bīsitūn.
Indo-European is first attested in Anatolia in names occurring in Middle Bronze Age tablets from Kültepe, but the date, route, and even the reality of an Indo-European invasion or infiltration are all controversial.
Writing, which is first attested at the middle of the 4th millennium bce, was in its origins predominantly logographic (i.e., each word or morpheme was represented by a single graph or symbol) and long remained a highly imperfect means of rendering the spoken word.
Its presence in Edinburgh is first attested by a long and enthusiastic account published in the Edinburgh Review in February 1816, authored by the geologist Leonard Horner, future father-in-law of Charles Lyell.
Perhaps the most famous of the Pythagorean dietary restrictions is the prohibition on eating beans, which is first attested by Aristotle and assigned to Pythagoras himself (Diogenes Laertius VIII. 34).
The style is first attested at Mithridatkert/Nisa.
In English, it is first attested in 1941.
The place-name 'Blyth' is first attested in 1130 as 'Blida', and takes its name from the river Blyth.
The exact date of Gubazes's accession is unknown, but it must not have been much earlier than 541, when he is first attested as king of the Lazi.
The use of the lion and sun symbol in a flag is first attested in a miniature painting illustrating a copy of Shahnama Shams al-Din Kashani, an epic on Mongol conquest, dated 1423.
