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Large Epigraphic Dossiers and Euergetism in Roman Asia Minor

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Large Epigraphic Dossiers and Euergetism in Roman Asia Minor
Κοκκινιά, Χριστίνα
Roosevelt, Christopher H.
Tekin, Oguz
Akyürek, Engin
Κεφάλαιο σε πρακτικά συνεδρίου
2020
Inscriptions on stone often perpetuate the memory of individuals. Today, we associate them mainly with statue bases and gravestones, as in antiquity they were used widely for funerary and honorary purposes. Another trait that we associate with inscriptions is conciseness and precision of expression—what we call a “lapidary style.” In this paper, however, I will be dealing with ancient inscriptions that were the exact opposite of lapidary. I will discuss four epigraphic dossiers, which consisted of many inscribed documents, including some that were wordy and repetitious. The dossiers date from the Roman imperial period and were found in Asia Minor. All four have been preserved well enough for us to be able to reconstruct their original design. They are connected, I will argue, more or less directly and in ways that are not always immediately obvious, with the activities of civic benefactors; therefore, they perpetuate the memory of individuals. But, I will also argue, their creation also reflected the interests of larger groups and political entities and served to perpetuate collective along with individual fame. This, I will dare to speculate, must be one reason why they escaped the fate of Diogenes’ huge inscription at Oenoanda, which was dismantled not long after its creation.
Istanbul (EN)
Επιγραφές. Επιγραφική (EL)
Ρωμαϊκή εποχή, 140 π.Χ.-323/476 μ.Χ. (EL)
Roman epoch, 140 B.C.-323/476 A.D. (EN)
Inscriptions. Epigraphy (EN)
Euergetism (EN)
Epigraphic dossiers (EN)
English
Koç University Press
AKMED
ANAMED
Roman Asia Minor
Philanthropy in Anatolia through the Ages : The First International Suna & İnan Kıraç Symposium on Mediterranean Civilizations, Antalya, Philanthropy in Anatolia through the Ages, Proceedings of the First International Suna & İnan Kıraç Symposium on Mediterranean Civilizations held in Antalya March 26-29, 2019, 2019-03-26 - 2019-03-29
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