#  Latin Epigraphy 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2012 

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 Link: [Course Website](http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/78532) 

 

 

 

Catalog Number: 78532 Enrollment: May be taken for undergraduate credit as Latin 129.   
*Kathleen M. Coleman*   
*Half course (fall term). M., W., at 12, F., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 5, 6*  
An introduction to the study of Latin inscriptions from across the Empire in all media, chiefly stone, but also clay, glass, metal, mosaic, plaster, and wood. Texts to be studied range from official documents (senatorial decrees, colonial charters, market-timetables) to personal records (epitaphs, “lost and found” notices, amatory graffiti), from the late Republic to the early Christian period. Students learn how to transcribe, supplement, and translate these texts, and interpret them within their social and cultural context.  
*Note:* May be taken for undergraduate credit as [Latin 129. Latin Epigraphy](http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/1088).