This volume includes tombstone images called kulptas. This word is of rather late origin and can be interpreted as a "stone key". The name is associated with the shape of the tombstone, vaguely resembling a keyhole. Epitaphs on the kulptas are rather rough outlines. Researchers can read on them not only information about the dead person, their age and tribal affiliation, but sometimes about their descendants, who financed the installation of a tombstone. The volume is dedicated to epigraphic monuments on the territory of present-day Karakalpakstan. The album contains all the epigraphic monuments of the Republic of Karakalpakstan known at the time of publication from different historical periods. Among them are written monuments and wall paintings discovered on the territory of the republic. The art of writing and wall painting was developed by man in the Stone Age in the Neolithic era, the first millennium of the Common Era and the Middle Ages. Among the exhibits presented in the album are ceramic plates with historical texts from the Narinjan-baba complex and translations of preserved epigraphic material from the Mazlumkhan-Sulu funeral and memorial complex located on the territory of the Mizdakhkan archaeological site.