The Epigraphy of Death : Studies in the History and Society of Greece and Rome

Tombstones provide the largest single category of epigraphical evidence from the ancient world. However, epigraphy ¡ the study of inscriptions ¡ remains, for many students of history and archaeology, an abstruse subject. By marrying epigraphy and death, the contributors to this collection hope to encourage a wider audience to consider the importance of inscribed tombstones. [publisher] Title Page......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Abbreviations......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 13 List of Illustrations......Page 14 1: An Introduction to the Epigraphy of Death: Funerary Inscriptions as Evidence......Page 16 2: The Times They Are A’Changing: Developments in Fifth-Century Funerary Sculpture......Page 40 3: Athenian Funerary Monuments: Style, Grandeur, and Cost......Page 74 4: Milesian Immigrants in Late Hellenistic and Roman Athens......Page 96 Note: The Archaeology of Miletus......Page 126 5: Commemoration of Infants on Roman Funerary Inscriptions......Page 132 6: Inscription and Sculpture: the Construction of Identity in the Military Tombstones of Roman Mainz......Page 170 7: The Inscriptions on the Ash Chests of the Ince Blundell Hall Collection: Ancient and Modern......Page 202 General Index......Page 232 Index Locorum......Page 236 Edited By G.j. Oliver. 'list Of Contributors' : P. [xii]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.