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Graffiti in antiquity

Title
Graffiti in antiquity / Peter Keegan.
Author
Keegan, Peter (Lecturer in Roman history)
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

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Description
xvii, 329 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Ancient graffiti - hundreds of thousands of informal, ephemeral texts spanning millennia - offer a patchwork of fragmentary conversations in a variety of languages spread across the Mediterranean world. Cut, painted, inked or traced in charcoal, the surviving graffiti present a layer of lived experience in the ancient world unavailable from other sources. Graffiti in Antiquity reveals how and why the inhabitants of Greece and Rome - men and women and free and enslaved - formulated written and visual messages about themselves and the world around them as graffiti.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-326) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Modern approaches to ancient graffiti -- pt. 1. Techniques -- Methods, types, contexts -- pt. 2. Traditions -- History -- Literature -- Art and architecture -- pt. 3. Beliefs -- Religion -- Magic -- Mythology -- pt. 4. Lifestyles -- Politics -- Sport -- Commerce -- Sexuality -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Where to find ancient graffiti.
Call Number
JFE 16-6217
ISBN
  • 9781844656073
  • 1844656071
LCCN
2012474669
OCLC
827262036
Author
Keegan, Peter (Lecturer in Roman history)
Title
Graffiti in antiquity / Peter Keegan.
Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-326) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-6217
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