Samenvatting
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-2 | Dutch |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 39-65 |
Aantal pagina's | 27 |
Tijdschrift | Lampas |
Volume | 54 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 1 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - jan.-2021 |