Definition of "epigrapher" [epigrapher]

• Same as epigraphist. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But, according to the defendant's "take" on the story which also appears in Bob Simon's "Report on the Mystery Surrounding the James Ossuary", "the Ossuary" in question just sat unrecognized in a corner of his family apartment for years before a French epigrapher visited him and recognized the importance of the inscription."
• "But it was really the Russian epigrapher Yuri Knorozov who recognized the value of Landa's "alphabet" and managed to decipher some phonetic symbols, for which he was viciously attacked by Thompson."
• "Dorman is an international leader in the study of the ancient Near East, and in particular the field of Egyptology, in which he is a noted historiographer, epigrapher and philologist."