Some of the early inscriptions, though faint, were legible and delicately formed.
Many of them are in the vicinity of a church or possess an early Christian inscription.
However, in Latin it had already lost its medial "v" by the time of the earliest inscriptions.
The matching documents are referred to the year 1601, which date from the early inscriptions of the parish archives.
Especially the earliest inscriptions are found on all types of everyday objects.
These inscriptions are still visible today, although some of them cover earlier inscriptions.
That case is mentioned in an earlier inscription from Priene.
Most of these early inscriptions were funerary and short in length.
The first known princes are mentioned in some early inscriptions.
Many of the earliest significant inscriptions and buildings appeared in this overlapping zone.