CLASSICAL EPIGRAPHY

• knowing the basic elements of epigraphy in Greek and Latin;
• knowing the tools of epigraphy;
• distinguishing between inscription-monument and inscription-document;
• knowing how to interpret and classify an epigraphic text.

Taught classes, but, in order to consolidate the disciplinary contents acquired on a manual basis (knowledge), exercises will be held on specific topics through the direct reading of epigraphic evidence (skills).

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to comply with the program envisaged and reported in the Syllabus.

Module A

• epigraphy in Greek and Latin: definition, areas, limits;
• tools of epigraphy: corpora, journals, databases, prosopographic repertoires, dictionaries;
• types of inscribed monument, writing techniques, fakes, copies, squeezes;
• alphabet of Greek and Latin inscriptions;
• documentation and epigraphic filing;
• onomastics, titles and careers in Greece and Rome;
• classification of Greek and Latin inscriptions;
• instrumentum inscriptum;
• acronyms and epigraphic abbreviations.

Module B

• women’s writing: feminine epigraphy.

Module A: The basis of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

M. Guarducci, L’epigrafia greca dalle origini al Tardo Impero, Roma Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Roma, 2005², pp. 1-489.

A. Buonopane, Manuale di epigrafia latina. Nuova edizione, Roma Carocci Editore, 2020, pp. 11-332.

Module B: Feminine epigraphy

M. Cassia, ‘Pellegrine’ nell’Egitto romano: ‘voci’ femminili dal Colosso di Memnone, in Hormos n.s. 9, 2017, pp. 29-99, available in open access on the site https://www.unipa.it/dipartimenti/cultureesocieta/riviste/hormos/.content/documenti/3.Margherita_CassiaHormos_9_2017.pdf

Please remember that in compliance with art. 171 L. 22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.