5534epigraphyTTen-USVocabulário Colaborativo em Artes e Arquitetura active approved epigraphyStudy and interpretation of ancient inscriptions, including writings, pictures, and random scratchings, incised on stone, clay, metal, or other hard surfaces. For the study of ancient modes of writing more generally, use "paleography."

Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

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