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Many Texts In Lycian And Greek, Including Several Bilingual Texts That Are Useful In The Decipherment Of Lycian
Inscription In Elamite, Babylonian And Old Persian
Oracle Bone Script, "The Oldest Member And Ancestor Of The Chinese Family Of Scripts" (Wiki)
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Runic Script
Slavic Writing Culture (And Early Cyrillic Alphabet)
Rongorongo Script
Source Of More Than 16000 Cuneiform Tablets
Champollion Came Here And Developed Some Of The Ideas Which Led To His Decipherment Of The Script
Several Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
Includes Hieroglyphic Texts
Contains Maya Glyphs
Naxi Script (Pictograms)
King Ramkamhang's Inscription - Early Thai Alphabets
Indus Valley Scriptures (One Of The Oldest In The World)
Sigiriya Graffiti, Early Sinhala Writing System
Maes Howe - One Of The Largest, And Most Famous, Collections Of Runes Known In Europe.
"Of Special Significance Are Early Inscriptions, Which Form A Valuable Reference In The Study Of The Origins Of The Early Georgian Alphabet."
From The Advisory Body Evaluation "Epigraphic Traces Of The Pre-Nabataean Period Remain,And Consist Of Some Fifty Inscriptions In Lihyanite Script,Which Is Specific To Northern Arabia," And Its Conclusion "Through Its Epigraphy, The Site Bears Testimony To The Presence Of Many Ancient Languages Over The Course Of History: Lihyanite, Talmudic Script, Nabataean, Greek And Latin. It Is Of Outstanding Interest For The Study Of The Origins And Development Of Later Arabic Languages And Scripts."
See Www.Mnh.Si.Edu
See Www.Mnh.Si.Edu
Libyan, Punic, Greek, Roman Inscriptions At The Site Led To The Decipherment Of The Libyan Language
Ezana Stone (Written In Ge'ez (The Ancient Ethiopian Language), Sabaean (South Arabian) And Greek)
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Early 8th-Century Turkic Memorials To Bilge Khan And Kul Tigin With Their Orkhon Inscriptions Are Admittedly The Most Impressive Monuments From The Nomadic Göktürk Empire.
Montealban - Zapotec Hieroglyphs
Yagul: "A Few Of These Bear Hieroglyphic Inscriptions" (Wiki)
The Hittites Used Cuneiform Letters. Archaeological Expeditions Have Discovered In Hattushash Entire Sets Of Royal Archives In Cuneiform Tablets, Written Either In Akkadian, The Diplomatic Language Of The Time, Or In The Various Dialects Of The Hittite Confederation (Wiki)
Extensive Corpus Of Pre-Arabic Scripts (Ab Ev)
Temple Of Inscriptions
Turkic Period (7th-9th C. Ce): "To This Period, Also, Belong A Number Of Runic Inscriptions." (Ab Ev)
Runic Script
Oldest Quipu
Byblos Is Also Directly Associated With The History And Diffusion Of The Phoenician Alphabet. (Ab Ev)
The Introduction Of Thamudic Writing, Probably About 3000
Years Ago, Is Documented In Thousands Of Inscriptions (Ab Ev)
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The Centralized Control Of Resources And Surplus Which Gave Rise To The First Writing System And Administrative Archives (Nom File). The Earliest Texts Known Were Found In Uruk.
Runic Script "Prominent Among The 20 Or More Runestones Of Southern Öland Is The Karlevi Stone, With A Unique Skalde Poem In The Dróttkvaett Verse Foot, Commemorating A Man Called “Sibbe The Wise”. - Nomination File
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The Inscriptions Are An Invaluable Source Of Epigraphic Understanding Concerning The Development Of Alphabetic Writing. (Nom File P.12)
There Are Libyc And Tifinagh Inscriptions (Ancient And Recent Tuareg/Berber Script). Tifinagh, Which Often Accompanies Images, Is A Later Lybico-Berber Script Still Used By Modern Tuareg.
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See Africanrockart.Org
Various Hieroglyphs, Such As At The Southern Ballcourt: "Overlooking This Scene Is The Death Deity Who Rises From A Vat Of Liquid, Perhaps Pulque. The Glyphs Above The Deity Identify It With The Planet Venus." (Wiki)
The Sabaean People Used An Ancient Semitic Tongue Of Their Own, Sabaean Or Himyaritic, Which Are What Ethiopian Is Based On. ... They Left Behind Many Inscriptions In The Monumental Ancient South Arabian Script Or Musnad, As Well As Numerous Documents In The Related Cursive Zabūr Script. (Wiki) + "Evidenced By Numerous Historical Wall Inscriptions" (Ab Ev)
"(...) Hard Evidence For Dynastic Kingship At A'Ali And Identification Of The Tombs Of Two Named Kings, Using Cuneiform Inscriptions Recovered From One Of The Mounds (Royal Mound 8)." (Ab Ev)