LATIN EPIGRAPHY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in ARCHAEOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

ROMAN HISTORY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

They are not required

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LATIN EPIGRAPHY

ARCHAEOLOGY

AF code:

40301305

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Final oral exam

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Knowledge of the History of Epigraphy. History of epigraphic research. Knowledge of Latin epigraphy.

Contents

The birth of the scriptures in Africa, Asia, India, China and Central America. Birth of the Phoenician / Aramaic, Greek, Etruscan and Latin alphabet.
The oldest Latin inscriptions. The epigraph's tools. The Latin onomastic. The sacred inscriptions. Funerary inscriptions. The senatorial inscriptions. The equestrian inscriptions. The municipal magistrates inscriptions. The instrumentum inscriptum.

Recommended Bibliography

A.BUONOPANE, Manuale di epigrafia latina, Roma, Carocci editore, 2009

Letture consigliate opzionali:
I. DI STEFANO MANZELLA, Mestiere di epigrafista. Guida alla schedatura del materiale epigrafico lapideo, Roma, Edizioni Quasar, 1997.
[ENGLISH] Recommended or required reading and course materials:

A. BUONOPANE, Manuale di epigrafia latina, Roma, Carocci editore, 2009

Optional Recommended reading:
II. DI STEFANO MANZELLA, Mestiere di epigrafista. Guida alla schedatura del materiale epigrafico lapideo, Roma, Edizioni Quasar, 1997.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Analysis of Latin inscriptions, power point, guided tours of some lapidary at Sardinia; seminars

Contacts/More Information

1) Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language (please specify) to incoming students:
in French
2) Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (please specify): yes
R. CAGNAT, Cours d'épigraphie latine, Paris ,1914
J.-M. LASSÈRE, Manuél d’épigraphie romaine, Paris, Ed. Picard 2005
A. COOLEY, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy, New York, Cambridge University Press 2012
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (please specify): in French

Other courses

Course year: 1

ARCHAEOMETRY AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
12 credits
GEOMORPHOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF LATIN LANGUAGE
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF TRADE AND NAVIGATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
LATIN EPIGRAPHY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
NEAR EASTERN HISTORY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF TRADE AND NAVIGATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES 2
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
POTTERY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
6 credits - A scelta dello studente

Course year: 2

ARCHAEOBOTANY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
CONTRACT ARCHAEOLOGY AND PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
FUNERARY ARCHAEOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante

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