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What is epigraphy?
Petroglyphs in Wadi Rum (Jordan)
Epigraphy, literally "on-writing", "inscription") is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes (the smallest unit that has meaning in a writing system), clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers. Specifically excluded from epigraphy are the historical significance of an epigraph as a document and the artistic value of a literary composition.
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