Epigraphic Evidence

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2001
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-11623-7 (ISBN)

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This book is aimed to provide an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history by presenting a series of essays focused on a few central topics and written by specialists.

Epigraphic Evidence is an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history. It introduces the types of historical information supplied by inscriptional texts and the methods with which they can be used. It outlines the limitations as well as the advantages of the different types of evidence covered. Epigraphic Evidence includes a general introduction, a guide to the arrangement of the standard corpora inscriptions and individual chapters on local languages and native cultures, epitaphs and the ancient economy amongst others.

John Bodel is Professor of Classics at Rutgers University and Director of the US Epigraphy Project.

Preface 1 Epigraphy and the ancient historian 2 Local languages and native cultures 3 Names and identities: onomastics and prosopography 4 The family and society 5 Civic and religious life 6 Inscribed instrumentum and the ancient economy Appendix: A brief guide to some standard collections

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.2.2001
Reihe/Serie	Approaching the Ancient World
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	474 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Epigrafik
	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Paläografie
ISBN-10	0-415-11623-6 / 0415116236
ISBN-13	978-0-415-11623-7 / 9780415116237
Zustand	Neuware