epigraphy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
epigraphy
    n 1: the study of ancient inscriptions
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Epigraphy \E*pig"ra*phy\, n.
   The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving
   inscriptions or of deciphering them.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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