A marble slab in storage turned out to be an ancient Greek yearbook

According to a new translation, an ancient Greek inscription on a 2,000-year-old marble tablet is actually a book for a graduating class.

The inscription was in the National Museums Scotland collection for over 130 years before it was discovered by researchers.

There are three ancient Athenian inscriptions in the city of Edinburgh, and this is one of them.

The new translation of the old one was published on May 31st.

He referred to the inscription as a concise class book, which lists the names of young men within a cohort who finished their year long civic and military training.

31 names were listed by researchers Dionysas is a nickname for Dionysodoros and Theogenes is a nickname for Theogenes. The researchers said it was unusual for the graduates to shorten their names. The full class is thought to have been around 100 men.

Claudius was the fourth ruler of the ancient Roman Empire from A.D. 41 to 54. The inscription was made during his time in office.

They thought it was a copy of an existing inscription in Oxford, England, when they found it.

"When we looked closer at the inscription, we realized that it was a new document, something quite different from anything we've ever seen before," he said.

To find, examine, edit and translate Athenian inscriptions, a British-funded research project works with collections across the U.K.

Part of the jigsaw of ancient history can be found in the inscription and other museum collections.

There are no objective accounts of ancient history. One of the things we have to do is piece together ancient history from the fragments that exist.

Lauren and Patrick worked on the audio version of the story.