Concept information
Preferred term
983Funerary inscriptions
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Scope note
- Inscriptions written on stelae or monuments erected on a tomb (sarcophagi, altars). Usually they included the name of the deceased and other information, such as the name of the person who took care of the burial or the memorial, or additional information about the dead (profession, career, age, etc.) or the mode of death, words of farewell and suffering, threats against anyone who might violate the grave.
Source
- Guarducci 2008
- McLean 2002
- Ανεζίρη 2009
- Κουμανούδης & Ματθαίου 1986
Contributor
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
Creator
- Chrysovitsanos Gerasimos (AA)
Notation
- 983
In other languages
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Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/983
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