as in inscription
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Noun
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The renovation work also uncovered a coin from 1862, symbolic carving, buttons, fabric scraps, ceramics and a paper with an unknown inscription, the institute said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025 -
One of the reliquaries was marked with a short inscription suggesting that the bone fragments belonged to the Buddha.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Read: The Houthis’ dream come true Ibn Khaldun’s insight may end up providing an epitaph for the current round of fighting.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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The most important artifact found so far was an epitaph, or tombstone, with an inscription referencing a gladiator, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Hic jacet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hic%20jacet. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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