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Epigraph
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epigraph
a quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc., suggesting its theme

Epigraph 

since the 14th century, a quotation used to open a work of literature or part of a work. Sources for epigraphs are folk literature, the Bible, aphorisms, fiction, and letters. Sometimes writers compose their own epigraphs. The epigraph introduces a fresh point of view to the topic under consideration, elucidating its meaning and indicating the traditions with which the work is linked.



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All the ancient writings and epigraphically valuable texts on the temple walls are being digitised," Naidu said.
2; 2002: 345) and Late Bronze Age (Pintore 1978) foreign policy, are as yet unattested epigraphically in the late Early Dynastic period, the Indus-related archaeological evidence from Pu-abum's tomb may reflect the same sort of marriage alliance, albeit with Meluhha, at a much earlier date.
There can be little question that Fine has persuasively argued his case that the ancient synagogue acquired a large degree of sanctity that was being highlighted in a myriad of ways: architecturally, artistically, epigraphically, liturgically, and conceptionally.
 
 
 
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