inscription

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inscription/ɪnˈskrɪpʃn/

▶noun

• 1 a thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book.

• 2 the action of inscribing.

– derivatives
inscriptional adjective,
inscriptive adjective.

– origin ME: from L. inscriptio(n-), from inscribere (see inscribe).