epigraphic

American  

[ep-i-graf-ik] / ˌɛp ɪˈgræf ɪk /

Also epigraphical

adjective

1. of or relating to epigraphs or epigraphy.

2. of the style characteristic of epigraphs.

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Other Word Forms

• epigraphically adverb

Etymology

Origin of epigraphic

First recorded in 1855–60; epigraph + -ic

Example Sentences

The stone bore a Khmer epigraphic inscription that included the date for the Khmer year 605, reckoned within the Hindu Saka system, a historical calendar based on the rule of the Indian emperor Shalivahana.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2022

Lot 104, an “important epigraphic panel with interlacings from the palace of Mas’ud III,” was dated to the 12th century, from the capital of the Ghaznavid Empire, in what is today Afghanistan.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2021

But because many of the Ghazni marbles in the Italian database are epigraphic, they can be identified by the writing unique to each of them.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2021

Another author who regularly carries this off to good effect is Jim Crace, whose phoney epigraphic authorities include poets, historians and "excavationists".

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2010

On epigraphic grounds, the date may be more closely defined.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.