5.00 credits
22.5 h
Q2
This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2022-2023 !
Teacher(s)
Doyen Charles;
Language
French
> English-friendly
> English-friendly
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.
Learning outcomes
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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
English-friendly course: course taught in French but offering facilities in English.
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
Teaching materials
- Syllabus / Coursebook (disponible / available on Moodle)
Faculty or entity
FIAL
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
Master [120] in History
Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Classics
Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Oriental Studies
Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Classics
Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General