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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
      Published 9 May 2016
      ISBN-13 9780714122885
      978-0714122885
      ISBN-10 0714122882
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Writing systems, alphabets, scripts History 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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