Seminar of Greek epigraphy

Teacher(s)

Balzat Jean-Sébastien;

Language

French
> 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

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.

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.

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