The scientific advisor of the excavation, Prof. Dr. Rafet Cavusoglu, said "Aramaic inscriptions are very important for Anatolian archeology. Aramaic inscriptions were found on an architectural wall for the first time in the Eastern Anatolia Region"
There are two Greek names (Diogenes and Tykhe) on the inscription. It is a tomb inscription dedicated to a child by a Roman and to his deceased mother. Probably this is a memorial tomb.
The estate, discovered in a major Israel Antiquities Authority excavation ahead of new neighbourhood construction initiated by the Israel Lands Authority, contains a rare inscription, adding to the evidence of once-extensive Samaritan settlement in…
Searching through an ancient villa in northwestern Turkey, Turkish archaeologists have uncovered an inscription dating back some 2,200 years.