epigraphist
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The tablet was considered by many biblical scholars to be the oldest physical artifact connected to Christianity, says epigraphist John Bodel of Brown University, who was not involved in the new study.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 28, 2020
While the epigraphist could recognize the characters, some of them formed words of a language he had never encountered.
From Time Magazine Archive
The air of culture descended gratefully about them; they buzzed a little in its dim warmth and settled back to await the arrival of the great epigraphist.
From Mr. Achilles by Jennette Lee
It was the Halcyon Club of the North Side, assembling to listen to Professor Addison Trent, the great epigraphist, who was to discourse to them on the inscriptions of Cnossus, the buried town of Crete.
From Mr. Achilles by Jennette Lee
The great epigraphist was, at this moment, three hundred and sixty-three and one-half miles—to be precise—out from New York.
From Mr. Achilles by Jennette Lee
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