Sentences with phrase «inscriptions contain»
Now stored at Columbia University, the tablet first garnered attention in the 1940s, when historians recognized that its cuneiform inscriptions contain a series of numbers echoing the Pythagorean theorem, which explains the relationship of the lengths of the sides of a right triangle.
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New translations of these inscriptions contain references to figures from the Bible, including Moses.
The inscription contains a long list of Persian missionaries and also a summary of the teachings of the church called Ta - Chin (Syrian).
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In a June 28 sermon, Hall complained that the windows put a «decidedly saintly spin on two leaders of the Confederate Army,» whose «inscriptions portray them as exemplary Christian gentlemen,» but «contain no reference to the sin of slavery which both men fought — and one died — to uphold.»
The inscription, written in Latin, contained the phrase, «Pontius Pilatus, Prefect of Judea has dedicated to the people of Caesarea a temple in honor of Tiberius.»
The Hsi - an - fu inscription displays a grace of style and contains literary allusions and phraseology which indicate competence in Chinese language and familiarity with Taoism and Buddhism.
There is also a stone inscription (now in Lahore museum) containing his name and dates which tell us that he was an Indo - Parthian prince in the north western part of India (from AD 19 - 45) at the time when St. Thomas is supposed to have come there.
Especially must it be borne in mind that in dealing with this life we are not dealing with an «official» event; that there were no inscriptions, no chronicles, probably also no Roman court record which would have contained a dated report of Jesus» life.
The «hinge» of these discoveries is some pottery which «contains five lines of faded characters that may bear the oldest Hebrew inscription ever found.»
LETTER STONE Inscriptions in stone slabs from Egypt, including this specimen dating to almost 3,500 years ago, contain the world's oldest alphabet, which one researcher now argues was an early form of Hebrew.
On the reverse of the coin is a depiction of an oak wreath containing the letters «EX S C,» with the surrounding inscription «PONTIF MAX TR P III.»
«It may contain ritual objects, statues, textiles, wall paintings, and inscriptions.»
The inscription has crumbled into fragments, however, and the section containing the name of the woman has been lost, but it is clear her cleverness and audacity saved the day for her spouse.
Special Edition T - shirt and Hoodie, which contain inscriptions «Sponsor».
and contains signature works like a crumpled sheet of paper, a flattened piece of the reusable adhesive Blu Tack, and lights switching on and off, as well as a giant rotating inscription («mothers»), a room full of balloons, and a car with slamming doors.