Susa (Elamitic, Babylonian: Šušim; Greek τὰ Σοῦσα): capital of Elam, favorite residence of the Persian king Darius I the Great.
Statue of Darius
The statue of…
"Tabula Leersumiana": modern name of a fragment of an ancient Roman inscription, found near modern Leersum.
The Tabula Leersumiana
In the Roman Empire,…
Takhmaspâda: Median general in Persian service, sent by king Darius I the Great against Tritantaechmes, a Sagartian who had continued the rebellion of the Median king Phraortes.In 522 BCE, the Achaemenid Empire was in a great crisis. King Cambyses was…
Antakya stela: text of a stele, erected by the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III (r.810-783), as a boundary marker between the realms of two of his vassal kings, Ataršumki of Arpad and Zakkur of Hamath.
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The following text, known as CIL 06.3492, is a well-known inscription, found in Rome, and dating back to the reign of (probably) the emperor Marcus Aurelius (r.161-180).note[An earlier date, during the reign of Antoninus Pius, was accepted by Emil Ritterling.]…
The Gymnasium Inscription is in fact not an inscription written on a stone, but a clay tablet written in Greek that is now in the Louvre, Paris. It gives a list of winners at an athletic contest and shows that…
The Theater Inscription is a brief, Greek inscription from Babylon that records the repair of the theater.The Theater Inscription from Babylon records the repair of the theater, which had been built by Alexander the Great. The most remarkable aspect is…
The Hague (Den Haag): city in The Netherlands where four Roman milestones were excavated.In 1997, three Roman milestones were discovered at the Wateringse Veld, an urban development zone in The Hague. The originals are now at the Museon. The milestones indicate…