
Published online:
06 January 2015
Published in print:
19 November 2014
Online ISBN:
9780199984633
Print ISBN:
9780195336467
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Towards a Typology of Latin Inscriptions Towards a Typology of Latin Inscriptions
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A. Public Inscriptions A. Public Inscriptions
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A.1. Honorific Inscriptions A.1. Honorific Inscriptions
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B. Private and Domestic Inscriptions B. Private and Domestic Inscriptions
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A. Public Inscriptions A. Public Inscriptions
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A.1. Honorific Inscriptions A.1. Honorific Inscriptions
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A.1.1. Standard Honorific Inscriptions A.1.1. Standard Honorific Inscriptions
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A.1.2. Building Inscriptions A.1.2. Building Inscriptions
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A.1.2.1. Milestones and Boundary-markers A.1.2.1. Milestones and Boundary-markers
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A.2. Funerary Inscriptions A.2. Funerary Inscriptions
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A.2.1. Standard Epitaphs A.2.1. Standard Epitaphs
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A.2.2. Carmina Latina Epigraphica A.2.2. Carmina Latina Epigraphica
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A.3. Inscriptions with Religious Content A.3. Inscriptions with Religious Content
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A.3.1. Sacred Laws and Votive Inscriptions (Tituli Sacri) A.3.1. Sacred Laws and Votive Inscriptions (Tituli Sacri)
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A.3.2. Acts of the Arval Brethren (Acta Fratrum Arvalium) A.3.2. Acts of the Arval Brethren (Acta Fratrum Arvalium)
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A.3.3. Inscriptions on Rock A.3.3. Inscriptions on Rock
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A.4. Official Inscriptions (Texts Issued by State or Local Authorities) A.4. Official Inscriptions (Texts Issued by State or Local Authorities)
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A.4.1. Laws, Senatus Consulta, and Decrees A.4.1. Laws, Senatus Consulta, and Decrees
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A.4.2. Tablets Recording Military Discharge, Hospitium and Patronage Agreements A.4.2. Tablets Recording Military Discharge, Hospitium and Patronage Agreements
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A.4.3. Calendars and Fasti A.4.3. Calendars and Fasti
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A.5. Various Dipinti A.5. Various Dipinti
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B. Private and Domestic Inscriptions B. Private and Domestic Inscriptions
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B.1. Domestic Inscriptions in Mosaics and Wall-paintings B.1. Domestic Inscriptions in Mosaics and Wall-paintings
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B.2. Graffiti B.2. Graffiti
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B.3. Texts on Everyday Objects (Instrumentum Domesticum) B.3. Texts on Everyday Objects (Instrumentum Domesticum)
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B.4. Writing Tablets B.4. Writing Tablets
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B.5. Curse-tablets B.5. Curse-tablets
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Bibliography Bibliography
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Chapter
6 Latin Epigraphy: The Main Types of Inscriptions
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Francisco Beltrán Lloris
Francisco Beltrán Lloris
ancient history, Universidad de Zaragoza
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Francisco Beltrán Lloris, Professor of Ancient History, Universidad de Zaragoza.
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89–110
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Published:06 January 2015
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Beltrán Lloris, Francisco, 'Latin Epigraphy: The Main Types of Inscriptions', in Christer Bruun, and Jonathan Edmondson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, Oxford Handbooks (2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 6 Jan. 2015), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195336467.013.006, accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter presents a typology of the main types of inscriptions in Latin. The difference between public and private/domestic inscriptions is the most significant distinction to be made when categorizing the enormous mass of surviving epigraphic documents from the Roman world.
Keywords:
Latin, epigraphy, honorific inscriptions, funerary inscriptions, epitaphs, carmina Latina epigraphica, religious inscriptions, official inscriptions, dipinti, domestic inscriptions, graffiti, instrumentum domesticum, writing tablets, curse tablets, Rome
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