Università Roma Tre

A) Definition of epigraphy.
B) Tools used by epigraphists: epigraphic collections (both paper and digital), repertories, and bibliographic guides. Understanding of epigraphists' technical codes.
C) How to edit a Greek inscription.
D) The history of writing in the Greek world.
E) Reading some inscriptions to understand the archaic alphabets.
F) Different epigraphic typologies.
G) Analysis of selected inscriptions (reading, translation, dating, palaeographic commentary, historical and typological interpretation).
H) Drafting an epigraphic work exercise.

1) M. GUARDUCCI, L'Epigrafia greca dalle origini al tardo impero, Roma, Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1987 (and later reprintings).
2) M. GUARDUCCI, Epigrafia greca, I, Roma 20052, pp. 391-487.
3) A. CHANIOTIS, Listening to Stones. Orality and Emotions in Ancient Inscriptions, in J. DAVIES - J. WILKES (eds.), Epigraphy and the Historical Sciences, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 299-328.
4) Materials provided by the teacher.