Dying in Dougga. Collection of funerary inscriptions.
Ausonius| N° d'inventaire | 23262 |
| Format | 22 x 29 |
| Détails | 899 p., bound in cloth under dust jacket. |
| Publication | Bordeaux, 2002 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782910023324 |
Dying in Dougga, Collection of Funerary Inscriptions, is part of a vast program of rehabilitation and promotion of one of the most prestigious archaeological sites in Tunisia, determined in 1991, when the Tunisian Head of State decided to create an archaeological park here. The inventory and publication of the corpus of inscriptions is therefore only one chapter of an enterprise that concerns the entire archaeological heritage of ancient Thugga. The corpus of epitaphs is one of the richest - if not the richest - of Roman Africa in terms of the number of texts. It brings together more than three-quarters of the Latin texts of the city, that is to say of the community which, under the Roman Empire, united the urban agglomeration and its nourishing territory. The documentary interest of this collection comes above all from the number of inscriptions, 1617 in total; This number is sufficient to be considered a reflection of the society of one of the many cities of the province under the Roman Empire. With few exceptions, the wording of the texts is very similar, reflecting the equality of all before death, whatever their place in the social hierarchy. However, such a corpus allows us to learn about individuals, even through the very limited data of the epitaphs. In addition, above all, the analysis and the serialization of the supports of the texts, those of the ages, the denomination and the onomastics of hundreds of deceased provide materials for the study of a provincial community. Collection Mémoires (8).
Dying in Dougga, Collection of Funerary Inscriptions, is part of a vast program of rehabilitation and promotion of one of the most prestigious archaeological sites in Tunisia, determined in 1991, when the Tunisian Head of State decided to create an archaeological park here. The inventory and publication of the corpus of inscriptions is therefore only one chapter of an enterprise that concerns the entire archaeological heritage of ancient Thugga. The corpus of epitaphs is one of the richest - if not the richest - of Roman Africa in terms of the number of texts. It brings together more than three-quarters of the Latin texts of the city, that is to say of the community which, under the Roman Empire, united the urban agglomeration and its nourishing territory. The documentary interest of this collection comes above all from the number of inscriptions, 1617 in total; This number is sufficient to be considered a reflection of the society of one of the many cities of the province under the Roman Empire. With few exceptions, the wording of the texts is very similar, reflecting the equality of all before death, whatever their place in the social hierarchy. However, such a corpus allows us to learn about individuals, even through the very limited data of the epitaphs. In addition, above all, the analysis and the serialization of the supports of the texts, those of the ages, the denomination and the onomastics of hundreds of deceased provide materials for the study of a provincial community. Collection Mémoires (8).