Presence, Power, and Agency: Donor Portraits in Early Gandharan Art by Elahi, Moizza S.

“…The paper argues that, in addition to relic establishment and donative inscriptions, the ruling aristocrats used donor portraits for the material and metaphorical embodiment of their presence and piety within the Buddhist monastic space. …”
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A STUDY ON A SPECIFIC TYPE OF POTTERY FROM THE ELAMITE ERA AND TOPONYMY OF ZABSHALI by Ali Aarab, Iraj Beheshti

“…This has been mentioned in Mesopotamian inscriptions, mainly explaining the link between the Mesopotamian plain and the highlands of Elam. …”
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Daoism and the Operation of the Eastern Stronghold Temple in the Late Imperial China by Zhaojie Bai, Teng Yao

“…As the first article discussing the Eastern Stronghold Temple in a western language, this study mainly applies the rediscovered source of stone inscriptions preserved in the temple to describe Daoism’s contributions to this religious–political–cultural symbolic site and the complicated relationship between governmental officials, Daoist priests, and local people.…”
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Polemik Salakanagara: Meninjau Kebenaran Bukti Historis Salakanagara dalam Pentas Sejarah Kuno di Indonesia by Wildhan Ichzha Maulana

“…The results of this study indicate that (1) the historical facts of Salakanagara are not supported by strong primary historical sources such as findings of inscriptions, archaeological remains, literary works, and contemporary foreign chronicles. (2) The historical facts of the new Salakanagara are based on the Wangsakerta manuscript whose validity is still widely doubted, then myths and legends, in which the three incidentally are secondary historical sources. (3) The majority of Bantenese people believe that Salakanagara was once founded, but this view arises from attribution to historical sources which are less valid and relevant. …”
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Early Historic Material Culture in Karnataka with Particular Reference to Banavasi, North Kanara, India by Hema Thakur

“…This prosperity was manifested by rich archaeological assemblage that included structures, pottery, beads, terracottas, sculptures, coins, inscriptions, etc. The aim of this paper has been to have a comprehensive understanding of the socio-political and economic development and to contextualize it in relation to the local geographical setting. …”
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The effect of Ottoman rule on fin de siècle Beirut by Hanssen, J, Hanssen, Jens-Peter

“…It does so in the context of physical, politico-administrative and socio-cultural inscriptions on the city by a centralizing Ottoman state. …”

Killing images: Iconoclasm and the art of political insult in sixteenth and seventeenth century Portuguese India by Flores, J, Marcocci, G

“…We speak namely of episodes of protest against places of memory associated to different clans, encompassing statues (both official and bogus), textual inscriptions, and viceroys’ portraits. These were European phenomena to a large extent, but coloured by significant local and native elements. …”

Editing worlds: participatory mapping and a minor geopolitics by Gerlach, J

“…While maps have been complicit in the worst excesses of colonial venturing and Cold War politicking, they have also been deployed as inscriptions of recalcitrance and resistance. Yet regardless of the ends to which they have been deployed, mapping and cartography are creative, aesthetic performances and sometimes outwardly experimental and artistic. …”

Preserving cham font through online conversion application by Van, Ngoc Sang, Bilal Ali, Mohamad

“…The Cham people who are now the minority ethnic in Vietnam speaks with the language familiar used as others Malay groups but differ in their written language. Cham Script inscriptions appear on Dong Yen Chau stone stele (Tra Kieu) in 4th century and the Cham are using this script system until today. …”

Studying the Motifs of the Flags in Shahnameh Tahmasebi based on Semiotic Approach by shiva kashani ilkhchi, Mehdi Kazempour

“…The motifs most in line with the text include several examples of animal motifs, while inscriptions mostly serve the religion of the time. The flag was one of the most important and the oldest symbols of government and was mostly used in wars to establish order, and to create excitement and stability. …”
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A Survey of the Achaemenid Metal Bowls and PhialsRegarding Their Form, Status, Decoration, and Distribution by Ali Asghar Salahshoor, Samer Nazari, Marziyeh Sherbaaf

“…Some of these bowls have royal inscriptions which represent the importance of these types of wares in the Achaemenid court. …”
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On the investigation of decorative elements and architecture of the minarets of the Seljuk period in Isfahan by Esmaiel Nasri, Hesam Aslani

“…During the Seljuk period, which is one of the most important eras in the history of Iran, minarets of different dimensions and sizes were constructed in the city of Isfahan with beautiful decorations of brickwork, tile, plastering and inscriptions, which evoke dazzling majesty and beauty. …”
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Nuclear Energy Levels Scheme of 46Cr Using FPD6, FPY, and KB3G Interactions by Hasan A. Kadhim, Firas Z. Majeed

“…The wave vectors and analysis are modeled in diagrammatic notation, and all inscriptions are given in this style. Utilizing the oscillator's potential, a single particle vector is built, using 40Ca as the core of the fp-shell and f7/2 model space. …”
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THE TITLES OF AHMOSE [THE OWNER OF THEBAN TOMB Nº. 224] by Nelli Boraei

“…The paper highlights his social status based on his titles, whether those which appeared in his possessions (fragments of Thebes' statues and a questioned funerary cone) or those in his sons' tombs, as well as tracing them in his tomb inscriptions.…”
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Superstitions, funeral ceremonies, and old russian epigraphy by Alexander Avdeev

“…The article draws on epitaphs of the 16th — early 18th centuries as well as on epistles of hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church and draws a conclusion about the absence of obstacles to being buried in a cemetery and to a regular commemoration of those who died a violent death. Besides, inscriptions on funerary crosses set up on the place of death symbolised martyrdom. …”
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An archaeomagnetic study of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon. by Anita Di Chiara, Lisa Tauxe, Helen Gries, Barbara Helwing, Matthew D Howland, E Ben-Yosef

“…Some archaeological materials have excellent age control from inscriptions, which can be tied to a given decade or even a specific year in some cases. …”
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The Sanctuary at Zindan Mağarası in the Light of the New Archaeological Evidence by Jale Dedeoğlu

“…In 2003 two important inscriptions were found showing that the temple in front of the cave was dedicated to Meter Theon Veginos. …”
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A Bard in the Trenches by Leonardo Piana

“…This paper examines Jones’s mythic method, underpinned by his conception of the artist as a ‘maker’ (Jones 1959); it shows how his works blurred the boundaries between artforms by juxtaposing paintings and inscriptions to prose and verse. Jones’s singular perspective as a modernist soldier-bard, drawing from Christian liturgy and Arthurian myth, and the intertextual dialogue with Eliot’s poem, suggest an original reading of the waste land as a ritual space for remembrance, representation, and re-enactment: a useful critical category for a theory of modernism, and a metaphor for the work of art itself. …”
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Was there a ruler? Reflections on certain Aspects of the Career and Politics of the Triumvir M. Antony by Smykov, Evgeniy Vladimirovich

“…The analysis of numismatic data - the issues of coins of Antony, relating to his time in the East, inscriptions in his honor, data on his religious policy testifies that in general he remained within the framework of Roman political traditions.…”
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Abattre ou défendre les statues de Fr. Junipero Serra, « père fondateur », saint « hispanique » et « père génocide » by Emmanuelle Perez Tisserant

“…Like other statues in the same year, those of California missionary Junipero Serra were targeted by hostile demonstrations, with inscriptions and stains of red paint symbolizing the blood and crimes of the man and the system he represents. …”
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