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9th-century Viking ring with an Arabic inscription reading ‘For/to God,’ found in a woman’s grave in Sweden. [1182x1710)

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9th-century Viking ring with an Arabic inscription reading ‘For/to God,’ found in a woman’s grave in Sweden. [1182x1710)

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A bronze bottle with an Arabic inscription, probably a Persian import, found in a woman’s grave in Aska, Sweden. 800-1000 CE, Viking Age, now housed at the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm

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A bronze bottle with an Arabic inscription, probably a Persian import, found in a woman’s grave in Aska, Sweden. 800-1000 CE, Viking Age, now housed at the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm

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This tombstone, made for a woman named Hyralia, bears a seven-line Coptic inscription within a frame of engraved vines: "Do not grieve, Hyralia; no one is immortal on earth! This is the path of every human being." 9th century AD

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This tombstone, made for a woman named Hyralia, bears a seven-line Coptic inscription within a frame of engraved vines: "Do not grieve, Hyralia; no one is immortal on earth! This is the path of every human being." 9th century AD

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Bronze figurine of a child riding a lion with an ancient South Arabian inscription

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Bronze figurine of a child riding a lion with an ancient South Arabian inscription

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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The Oseberg Wagon, found in a Viking Age grave mound in Norway. It is in pristine condition, with richly detailed carvings still visible. Early 9th century.

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The Oseberg Wagon, found in a Viking Age grave mound in Norway. It is in pristine condition, with richly detailed carvings still visible. Early 9th century.

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The Vyne Ring , a 4th-century Roman gold ring inscribed with a Latin curse. Found in Hampshire, England in 1785.

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The Vyne Ring , a 4th-century Roman gold ring inscribed with a Latin curse. Found in Hampshire, England in 1785.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Roman gold ring from Hadrian’s Wall with an openwork Greek inscription "The love token of Polemius"

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Roman gold ring from Hadrian’s Wall with an openwork Greek inscription "The love token of Polemius"

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Leg armor with silver inscription. Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 15th-16th century

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Leg armor with silver inscription. Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 15th-16th century

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Wedding ring with Latin inscription on the band: "SELEVCE ET CVRACE VIVAS IN DEO = Seleucus and Kyriace, live in God!" Square seal plate with the facing busts of a married couple. The man's name indicates Syrian origin, the woman's Greek origin. 4th century AD

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Wedding ring with Latin inscription on the band: "SELEVCE ET CVRACE VIVAS IN DEO = Seleucus and Kyriace, live in God!" Square seal plate with the facing busts of a married couple. The man's name indicates Syrian origin, the woman's Greek origin. 4th century AD

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Bronze sword with gold inscription. China, 5th century BC

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Bronze sword with gold inscription. China, 5th century BC

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Ring with Greek Inscription to Hera, gold, 575 BC

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Ring with Greek Inscription to Hera, gold, 575 BC

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Brass lunch box with Arabic inscription. Egypt, Mamluk Sultanate, 15th-16th century

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Brass lunch box with Arabic inscription. Egypt, Mamluk Sultanate, 15th-16th century

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Ring with an ivory ship inside and garnets around the bezel, late 18th Century

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Ring with an ivory ship inside and garnets around the bezel, late 18th Century

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The Alaxemenos Graffito is one of the earliest depictions of Jesus. The graffiti depicts Jesus on a cross with a donkey’s head, with the inscription “Alexamenos worships his god,” as an insult to Alexamenos’s faith . Found near the Palatine Hill, 1st Century-3rd Century AD

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The Alaxemenos Graffito is one of the earliest depictions of Jesus. The graffiti depicts Jesus on a cross with a donkey’s head, with the inscription “Alexamenos worships his god,” as an insult to Alexamenos’s faith . Found near the Palatine Hill, 1st Century-3rd Century AD

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16th-century diamond ring found with a metal detector in Wormington, Gloucestershire

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16th-century diamond ring found with a metal detector in Wormington, Gloucestershire

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Ancient South Arabian inscription on the Greek island of Delos, circa second century BC

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Ancient South Arabian inscription on the Greek island of Delos, circa second century BC

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Pharaonic inscription of king Ramses III found in Tayma, an important commercial and religious center in north west Saudi arabia

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Pharaonic inscription of king Ramses III found in Tayma, an important commercial and religious center in north west Saudi arabia

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Dish, possibly for condiments, with Kufic inscription. Egypt, Abbasid dynasty, 9th century AD

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Dish, possibly for condiments, with Kufic inscription. Egypt, Abbasid dynasty, 9th century AD

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