Inscriptions in the private sphere in the Greco-Roman world /

: When one thinks of inscriptions produced under the Roman Empire, public inscribed monuments are likely to come to mind. Hundreds of thousands of such inscriptions are known from across the breadth of the Roman Empire, preserved because they were created of durable material or were reused in subsequent building. This volume looks at another aspect of epigraphic creation - from handwritten messages scratched on wall-plaster to domestic sculptures labeled with texts to displays of official patronage posted in homes: a range of inscriptions appear within the private sphere in the Greco-Roman world. Rarely scrutinized as a discrete epigraphic phenomenon, the incised texts studied in this volume reveal that writing in private spaces was very much a part of the epigraphic culture of the Roman Empire.
: The majority of the papers in this work were presented at the XIV Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae, held in Berlin, 27-31 August 2012. : 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004307124 : 1876-2557 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.