Greek Epigraphy

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Dr. Ng,

Thank you for your insights about Greek Epigraphy. I am very glad to hear from you that you are an epigrapher. I need to learn about it from you. Inscriptions were generally moved from their steady place with a reason of reusing the items in other constructions, and most probably, because of some catastrophic phenomena, such as earthquakes, battles, fires, and rebels, inscriptions had damages, and so the walls were reused with no historical reason. Historians need to interpret on inscriptions to make a connection between historical events that the interpretations should reflect the reality with the primary scholars’ texts. So, historians must carefully evaluate the inscriptions. Therefore, I can say that I could not see any good

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