inscription
in skrip shuhn
- n letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
- n a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- n the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- Chiseled into a crude stone tablet in the language of the ancient Phoenicians, the mysterious inscription has tantalized scholars for nearly a century.
- Some minimalists tried to argue that the inscription might have been misread, but most experts believe Biran and Naveh got it right.
- The world of biblical archaeology was stirred in 2002 by the unveiling of a limestone burial box with the Aramaic inscription Yaakov bar Yosef akhui di Yeshua ("James, son of Joseph .