Get to know Epigraphy better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like paleography.
Epigraphy in a sentence
Epigraphy meaning
- Inscriptions collectively.
- The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
Synonyms of Epigraphy
Using Epigraphy
- The main meaning on this page is: Inscriptions collectively. | The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
- Useful related words include: paleography.
Context around Epigraphy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Epigraphy
- In this selection, "epigraphy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, director, personal, surviving, archaeological and attests stand out and add context to how "epigraphy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include caesarea where epigraphy attests that and earliest surviving epigraphy around the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "epigraphy" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with epigraphy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Epigraphy is the relatively young science of historical inscriptions or epigraphs. (11 words)
In the city of Kandahar his personal epigraphy can be found in the Chilzina rock mountain. (16 words)
The Brahmi script was already divided into regional variants at the time of the earliest surviving epigraphy around the 3rd century BC. (22 words)
What was demanded from Jewish communities was political support to the Roman imperial order, as attested in Caesarea, where epigraphy attests that some of its Jewish citizens served in the Roman army during both the 66 and 132 rebellions. (39 words)
K. Muniratnam Reddy, Director (Epigraphy), Archaeological Survey of India, Mysuru told that these inscriptions seem to record the gift of land and a house to God. (26 words)
The Brahmi script was already divided into regional variants at the time of the earliest surviving epigraphy around the 3rd century BC. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
K. Muniratnam Reddy, Director (Epigraphy), Archaeological Survey of India, Mysuru told that these inscriptions seem to record the gift of land and a house to God.
Epigraphy is the relatively young science of historical inscriptions or epigraphs.
In the city of Kandahar his personal epigraphy can be found in the Chilzina rock mountain.
The Brahmi script was already divided into regional variants at the time of the earliest surviving epigraphy around the 3rd century BC.
What was demanded from Jewish communities was political support to the Roman imperial order, as attested in Caesarea, where epigraphy attests that some of its Jewish citizens served in the Roman army during both the 66 and 132 rebellions.