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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

digital epigraphic database, classics computing, ancient Greek inscription

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Comparative Arts and Letters

Abstract

Digital epigraphic databases can be of interest to scholars who study the past. Epigraphy — a word which combines the two Greek roots epi-, meaning “above” or “on,” and graphe, meaning “writing” — is the study of inscriptions. Among the epigraphic publications are commemorations, dedications, proclamations, and even general information, all of which were engraved upon more or less permanent media. Thus, those messages from the past continue to convey information in the present, thereby making epigraphy an important aid to scholarship of the past. Despite the longevity of inscriptions, their media may be too large, fragile, or important to make transporting them practical. For this reason, providing Internet-accessible images can provide scholars an opportunity to read the inscriptions without incurring relatively high travel expenses.

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