Benefiel, Rebecca R. and DiBiasie, Jacqueline and Sypniewski, Holly and Zimmermann Damer, Erika and Helms, Kyle and Loar, Matthew and Lundqvist, Karin and Opdenhoff, Fanny (2016) The Herculaneum Graffiti Project: Initial Field Season, 2014. FOLD&R FastiOnLine documents & research (359). pp. 1-23. ISSN 1828-3179
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Abstract
This article describes the goals and activities for the first field season of The Herculaneum Graffiti Project. Our project fo-cuses on documenting and digitizing to make more broadly accessible the first-century handwritten wall-inscriptions, also called graffiti, in Herculaneum. Following an overview of the presence of ancient graffiti in Herculaneum, this report details the methodology we used to locate and document the inscriptions and the preservation status of ancient graffiti in each insula, or city-block, of the excavations. We further describe the preliminary results of the project’s documentation efforts. We are currently studying, processing, and digitizing these inscriptions and contributing them for inclusion in the Epigraphic Database Roma and EAGLE, the Europeana network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy. We conclude with a brief mention of development of The Ancient Graffiti Project, the digital resource and search engine devoted to ancient handwritten inscriptions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ercolano, studio graffiti |
| Subjects: | 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 939 Archeologia – Altre Regioni del mondo antico |
| Depositing User: | Dott.ssa Helga Di Giuseppe |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2016 07:48 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2016 07:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/14994 |
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