papyrologist
/ˌpæpɪˈrɑlədʒɪst/
noun
- A person who studies ancient texts written on papyrus, especially from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
- The museum hired a papyrologist to help translate the newly discovered letters.
- As a papyrologist, she spends most of her time deciphering Greek and Egyptian documents.
- The papyrologist carefully unrolled the fragile scroll to read the ancient poem.