Seminar of Greek epigraphy

Language

French

Prerequisites

None

Main themes

The seminar will focus on the following themes:

• classifying epigraphic texts: decrees, laws, treaties, accounts, inventories, offerings, epitaphs, manumission records, contracts, defixiones, etc.
• studying the Greek alphabet, from the Archaic to the Imperial periods.
• editing epigraphic texts.
• reading, commenting, and dating Greek inscriptions.
• developing technical skills: squeeze, photography, facsimile.
• mastering bibliographical tools and digital resources.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of this seminar, students will be able to: read Greek inscriptions on photography, squeeze and/or facsimile. edit and study Greek inscriptions in a comprehensive and relevant way (lemma, transcription, restitution, translation, dating, commentary). correctly use bibliography and working tools.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

Systematic classification of potentially engraved on stone or metal documents, and of Greek alphabets used from the Archaic to the Imperial periods. Technical exercises: squeezing, photographing, and making a facsimile. Training to do an epigraphic edition: writing a lemma, making a transcription, restitutions. Introduction to handling epigraphic corpora and working tools. Reading, translating, commenting and dating exercises.

Teaching methods

The seminar consists of lectures, tutorials, coursework, and collective reading of Greek inscriptions.

Evaluation methods

Final paper and oral exam.

Other information

None

Online resources

Course notes are available on Moodle.

Bibliography

Une bibliographie d'orientation est disponible sur le site http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/EpiB.html

Faculty or entity

FIAL