Grafinscripties

Onno M. van Nijf*

*Corresponding author voor dit werk

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This article offers a brief introduction to the most frequent type of inscription: funerary inscriptions or epitaphs. The article offers a chronological overview from the Archaic period to late Antiquity, with an emphasis on Athens. It opens with a brief discussion of the archaeological and ritual contexts in which funerary inscriptions were set up, followed by a discussion of archaic epigrams and the social strategies that lay behind them. This is followed by a discussion of public and private graves that shows how epigraphic habits changed over time. The article continues with a discussion of funerary epigraphic habits outside Athens and closes with a few examples of Christian epitaphs.
Originele taal-2Dutch
Pagina's (van-tot)39-65
Aantal pagina's27
TijdschriftLampas
Volume54
Nummer van het tijdschrift1
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StatusPublished - jan.-2021

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