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A person using the methods of epigraphy is called an epigrapher or epigraphist.

For example, the Behistun inscription is an official document of the Achaemenid Empire engraved on native rock at a location in Iran.

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.

Often, epigraphy and history are competences practiced by the same person.