What is epigraphy? importance importance of epigraph?
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Specifically excluded from epigraphy are the historical significance of an epigraph as a document and the artistic value of a literary composition. ... It is the work of historians, however, to determine and interpret the events recorded by the inscription as document.
Epigraphists are responsible for reconstructing, translating, and dating the trilingual inscription and finding any relevant circumstances. It is the work of historians, however, to determine and interpret the events recorded by the inscription as document.
The study of written records engraved on hard and durable material is known as epigraphy. Epigraphy is a primary source for historians which help them in understanding, interpreting and analyzing the recorded past. Epigraphy is considered as one of the authentic sources of the past.