Resources for Epigraphy

Bibliographical Aids including internet resources and CD-Rom databases

1. Internet Sites

The British Epigraphy Society: http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/BES/

The Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents, Oxford: www.csad.ox.ac.uk/CSAD/

The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy: http://asgle.classics.unc.edu./links.html

2. Publications

O. van Nijf, The Absolute Beginners' Guide to Greek and Roman Epigraphy (c.2002)

Download your own copy from http://asgle.classics.unc.edu./newlinks/ref.html

F. Bérard, Guide de l'Épigraphiste (3rd ed. 2000) - Ref. CN75.G85.

The 3rd edition represents a quantum leap forward. It contains, as well as references to print publications, a list of the CD-ROM resources and Internet sites now available for epigraphers.

A number of Supplements of Guide de l'Épigraphiste are available - go to the web page of The British Epigraphy Society. The 6th Supplement, available there, lists publications appearing between June 2005 and 2006.

CLAROS. Concordance of Greek inscriptions.

Access this from the British Epigraphy Society web page. CLAROS assists in locating new editions of Greek inscriptions. It has 450,000 equivalences from more than 750 collections. It does not, however, collect references to commentaries without the text or a translation of it.