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Dirk Booms is a curator of Roman archaeology at the British Museum. He has special interests in Roman architecture, sculpture, glass and inscriptions and is co-author of Roman Empire: Power and People (British Museum Press, 2013).

Table of Contents
1. Who put up inscriptions and why? • 2. The Latin language and its Latin script • 3. How to read inscriptions • 4. Imagery and inscription • 5. The art of the stone cutters • 6. Inscriptions today

Latin inscriptions

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    Publisher: British Museum Press
    Publication Date: 09/05/2016
    ISBN13: 9780714122885, 978-0714122885
    ISBN10: 0714122882
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    Writing systems, alphabets, scripts Ancient history Social and cultural history

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Dirk Booms is a curator of Roman archaeology at the British Museum. He has special interests in Roman architecture, sculpture, glass and inscriptions and is co-author of Roman Empire: Power and People (British Museum Press, 2013).

    Table of Contents
    1. Who put up inscriptions and why? • 2. The Latin language and its Latin script • 3. How to read inscriptions • 4. Imagery and inscription • 5. The art of the stone cutters • 6. Inscriptions today

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