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Stone-inscription study
Answer for the clue "Stone-inscription study ", 9 letters:
epigraphy
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Word definitions for epigraphy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epigraphy \E*pig"ra*phy\, n. The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 inscriptions collectively 2 the study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the study of ancient inscriptions
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing ; it is the science of identifying graphemes , clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers. ...
Usage examples of epigraphy.
Arabic prosody and the Druze religion, and numerous short works on Oriental numismatics, onomastics, epigraphy, geography, history, and weights and measures.
But a lot more often, I've found that professors who see a chance to influence events outside academe will leap at it in spite of their alleged lack of interest Truth to tell, I don't know if a savant of Roman epigraphy ever got that kind of chance (at least since the days when the Empire was a going concern), but my guess is that he'd grab it, too.
Sometimes they even mean it But a lot more often, I've found that professors who see a chance to influence events outside academe will leap at it in spite of their alleged lack of interest Truth to tell, I don't know if a savant of Roman epigraphy ever got that kind of chance (at least since the days when the Empire was a going concern), but my guess is that he'd grab it, too.