epigraphy
noun
the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, especially of ancient inscriptions.
epigrapher
-
a word derived from
epigraphy.
Example Sentences
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In an interview, Christopher Rollston, a leading epigrapher at George Washington University who is writing a book about biblical forgeries, was blunt.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
Sidnie White Crawford, an epigrapher and Dead Sea Scrolls expert at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was similarly clear.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
In the early 1970s, epigrapher Tatiana Proskouriakoff became the first person in centuries to begin to piece together what happened in Tikal in 378.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 27, 2020
In 2000, David Stuart, an archaeologist and epigrapher at the University of Texas, Austin, offered a more complete understanding of those texts, and he is reanalyzing them now.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 27, 2020
After John Wilson got Chicago's Ph. D. in Egyptology, Breasted sent him on an expedition to Luxor as epigrapher.
From Time Magazine Archive
