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Epigraphic

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ep·i·graph  (p-grf)
n.
1. An inscription, as on a statue or building.
2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.

[Greek epigraph, from epigraphein, to write on; see epigram.]

epi·graphic, epi·graphi·cal adj.
epi·graphi·cal·ly adv.


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For each he describes the physical document and its location and provenance, then provides the Greek text with emendations and restorations suggested by various scholars, his own epigraphic commentary, an English translation, and commentary on the content.
The 10-line Aramaic script, which is clear but cryptic, is being deciphered by a team of epigraphic experts in an effort to determine the meaning of the text, according to Professor Shimon Gibson, of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who is co-directing the excavation.
In Early America Revisited, Sertima provided metallurgical, linguistic, botanical, cartographic, skeletal, epigraphic, oceanographic, navigational and iconogtaphic evidence to support his scholarly research.
 
 
 
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