#lettering__inscription  letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
  supertype:  written_material__writtenmaterial__writing__piece_of_writing  the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
  subtype:  Rosetta_stone  an inscription of a black basalt stone; gave first clue to decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
  subtype:  superscription.lettering  an inscription written above something else
  subtype:  epigraph  an engraved inscription
  subtype:  epitaph  an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there

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