name of the epitaph writer engraved on a gravestone
Refers specifically to the name of the person who composed the epitaph, inscribed after the epitaph text on a gravestone. This is a specialized term used in funerary and historical contexts.
On this old gravestone, the name of a famous poet is engraved as the epitaph writer.
By reading the epitaph writer's name, you can tell who composed the inscription.
墓誌 is a broader term for a gravestone inscription or epitaph, whereas 墓誌銘 narrows the focus to the writer's name appended to the epitaph.
Compound of 墓 (grave), 誌 (record, inscription), and 銘 (inscription, name). The term likely developed to distinguish the composer's credit from the main epitaph text.