A scholar who studies ancient inscriptions and engravings, especially those on stone monuments or artifacts.
From epigraphy (the study of inscriptions) plus -ist (one who practices); scholars who specialize in epigraphy are called epigraphists.
An epigraphist is like an archaeologist with a magnifying glass and a PhD—they spend careers decoding scratched letters on rocks, sometimes reading things nobody has read in 2,000 years.
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