Preposition: on

• fly-leaf: Frontispiece plus three further full-page engravings ( one dated 22 July 1820 ) Note: Inscription on fly-leaf: ' Mary Anne Burgess.

• gravestone: I loved reading the inscriptions on gravestones and checking out the dates of the people who had died.

• tombstone: The inscription on the tombstone to Victor the Moorish slave reveals that he was highly valued by his Spanish master.

• headstone: Some months ago saplings had taken root there and the inscriptions on the headstone and scroll could scarcely be deciphered.

• tomb: While some people puzzled over Latin and Greek inscriptions on the tombs, others started pacing out distances again.

Preposition: in

• churchyard: The earliest readable inscription in the churchyard dates from 1683.

Adjective modifier

• monumental: Examples were given of family trees constructed purely from monumental inscriptions.

• dedicatory: The Holy Trinity angel still has part of the original dedicatory inscription beneath his feet.

• runic: A runic inscription in the center translates as ' Luda repaired the brooch ' .

• Latin: Just below the rim is an engraved Latin inscription which runs around the pan in an unbroken sequence.

• cuneiform: Closer study of the cuneiform inscriptions raised the first doubts.

• hieroglyphic: The hieroglyphic inscriptions present incantations to be recited to protect the body against harmful creatures.

Converse of object

• carve: In the woods is a rock with an inscription carved by a Roman soldier in the 3rd Century.

• transcribe: To take a local example the Essex Society for Family History has transcribed the monumental inscriptions from many churchyards including ours.

• bear: The graves bear the inscriptions " Corporal J TAYLOR.

• engrave: Just below the rim is an engraved Latin inscription which runs around the pan in an unbroken sequence.

Noun used with modifier

• gravestone: Incidentally, a good number of Family History Societies either have already recorded gravestone inscriptions in their areas, or are currently doing so.

• tombstone: The Ledger graves have all gone now, but there is a record of the tombstone inscription.

• ogham: Mystery script The ogham inscription at Dunadd has been a matter of debate since it was first recognized in the 1950s.

• memorial: King's Stanley Church memorial inscriptions, taken in 1879.