as in inscriptions
something inscribed on a gravestone in memory of a dead person
The epitaph reads "In loving memory of John Gray: husband, father, soldier."
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inscriptions
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Her research, more broadly, concerns how craftworkers communicated using irregular spellings, mixed alphabets, and unconventional inscriptions.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
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Additional analysis of tool markings as well as unfinished pieces and inscriptions revealed each cage cup wasn’t made by a single artisan.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Epitaphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epitaphs. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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