decipherment

These are of so remarkable a type as to have puzzled every philologist and paleographer who has attempted their decipherment.

In regard to the history of these monarchies, much light has been obtained from the decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions.

An antick motto ran round it, and with eyes and fingers we struggled at the decipherment.

Before the decipherment of the cuneiform texts our knowledge of its history, however, was scanty and questionable.

The decipherment of the third system of writing long seemed to baffle the inquirer.