epigraphy

noun

epig·ra·phy i-ˈpi-grə-fē

: epigraphs, inscriptions

: the study of inscriptions

especially : the deciphering of ancient inscriptions

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Mitchell, who specialized in epigraphy, had found an inscription indicating that a local citizen, Domitius Samos, erected it to commemorate a Roman victory in the Persian Wars in A.D. 233. —

Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024 But his forays into epigraphy were perhaps less accomplished and won him mostly skepticism and ridicule from the scientific community. —

Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2021 The specialists hailed not just from the field of archaeology, but also from several disciplines, including geology; archaeobotany, the study of ancient plants; epigraphy, the study of inscriptions, and numismatics, the study of ancient coins. —

Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2022 The team tested the system by comparing Pythia's results on completing 2,949 inscriptions with those of Oxford graduate students in epigraphy. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022