Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in the social sciences and related occupations]
7. social scientists
8. [people in history and related occupations]
9. [people in history-related occupations]

Narrower term/s

• runologists

Anotations

Scope note:

Those who study ancient modes of writing, either inscribed or in manuscript form, including their identification in terms of origin or period, and the formation of individual characters. For those who study and interpret ancient inscriptions specifically, whether of writing, pictures, or random scratchings, see "epigraphers."