swap_horiz Aleppo Codex Alternatives

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Magna Carta (1215)

The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, is a foundational English charter of rights. It limits royal power and establishes prin...

Medieval English Legal Latin

9.9 Brilliant

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Dead Sea Scrolls (Great Isaiah Scroll)

The Great Isaiah Scroll is one of a collection of ancient Jewish religious texts discovered at Qumran in the Dead Sea re...

Ancient Jewish Hebrew Scroll

9.8 Brilliant

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Behistun Inscription

The Behistun Inscription is a monumental relief carving in Iran dating to the Achaemenid Empire (c. 520 BC). It features...

Rock Cut Ancient Persian Achaemenid

9.7 Brilliant

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Oxyrhynchus Papyri

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri represent a vast collection of ancient Greek manuscripts discovered in Egypt. Dating primarily fr...

Ancient Greek Egypt Papyrus

9.7 Brilliant

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Code of Hammurabi Stele

The Code of Hammurabi Stele is a diorite stone slab inscribed with Babylonian laws dating to approximately 1754 BC. It r...

Law Ancient Stone Babylonian

9.6 Brilliant

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Oracle Bone Inscriptions (Shang Dynasty)

Oracle bone inscriptions are fragments of turtle and ox scapula used during the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) for divi...

Oracle Ancient Chinese Bone

9.6 Brilliant

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Trajan's Column Dedicatory Inscription

The Trajan’s Column dedicatory inscription is a lengthy Latin text carved into the column's reverse face. It recounts Em...

Roman Stone Latin Imperial

9.6 Brilliant

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Dome of the Rock Mosaic Inscriptions

The Dome of the Rock mosaic inscriptions represent a significant collection of early Islamic Arabic calligraphy and geom...

Mosaic Islamic Arabic Calligraphy

9.5 Brilliant

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U.S. Constitution (Engrossed Copy)

The engrossed copy of the U.S. Constitution represents the foundational document of American governance. This parchment,...

Modern 18TH Century American English

9.5 Brilliant

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Pyramid Texts of Unas

The Pyramid Texts of Unas represent some of the oldest surviving religious texts from Ancient Egypt. Dating to the Old K...

Ancient Egyptian Funerary Old Kingdom

9.4 Excellent

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Jelling Stones (Harald Bluetooth)

The Jelling Stones are two large carved stones dating from the 10th century. One, a monolith, bears an intricate relief...

Danish Stone Viking 10TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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Nag Hammadi Codices

The Nag Hammadi codices are a collection of late antiquity Coptic manuscripts discovered in 1906 near the Egyptian town...

Manuscript Ancient Gnostic 4TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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Gettysburg Address (Bliss Copy)

This is a handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address drafted by Bliss Copy for Colonel Alexander Bliss. Created in 1864,...

Modern American 19TH Century English

9.4 Excellent

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Copán Hieroglyphic Stairway

The Copán Hieroglyphic Stairway is a monumental limestone structure in Honduras featuring intricately carved Mayan glyph...

Classic Mayan Stone Honduras

9.3 Excellent

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Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls

The Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls represent some of the oldest known biblical texts. Discovered in Jerusalem’s Katav Hinno...

Ancient Silver Hebrew Iron Age

9.2 Excellent

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Leningrad Codex

The Leningrad Codex represents the earliest extant, nearly complete version of the Masoretic Text – a critical medieval...

Manuscript Medieval Hebrew 11TH Century

9.1 Excellent

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Lachish Letters (Ostraca)

Lachish Letters are small pottery shards bearing Hebrew inscriptions dating to approximately 588 BC. These ostraca repre...

Ancient Hebrew Iron Age Pottery

9.0 Excellent

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Bryggen Inscriptions (Bergen)

The Bryggen inscriptions are a group of medieval inscriptions found on wooden objects at Bryggen, the historic harbour d...

Medieval Wooden Norse Hanseatic

6.5 Fair

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Gezer Calendar

The Gezer Calendar is a small limestone inscription from the ancient city of Gezer, in present-day Israel. It is general...

Ancient Stone Hebrew Iron Age

6.2 Fair

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Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon

The Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon is a pottery sherd bearing five rows of ink writing, discovered in 2008 during excavations...

Ancient Hebrew Iron Age Pottery

4.8 Poor