Among the many thousands of Roman objects reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England ... more Among the many thousands of Roman objects reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England and Wales more than one hundred and fifty carry inscriptions, usually in Latin, occasionally in Greek. These may be significant in their own right, for example the first discovery of a fleet diploma for a British sailor from Durham, or a fragment of a rare calendrical device found near Winchester. More commonly however they extend our understanding of categories of inscribed objects, for example of the repertoire of texts which they carry, especially mottoes and gift-giving dedications, and of the processes by which they were made and exchanged, as well as their distribution across the province and empire. This poster will assess the contribution made by these inscribed artefacts to understanding the uses of writing in the Roman countryside, since most Roman objects reported to the PAS derive from a rural context. Presenting individual recent discoveries and examining the wider body of inscribed artefacts documented by the PAS, the poster will draw on work undertaken by Beth Waters in 2018 under the auspices of the King’s undergraduate research fellowship scheme (KURF). (poster, Hoarding and deposition in Europe from later prehistory to the medieval period – King’s College London, 12th–14th June 2019)
Among the many thousands of Roman objects reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England ... more Among the many thousands of Roman objects reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England and Wales more than one hundred and fifty carry inscriptions, usually in Latin, occasionally in Greek. These may be significant in their own right, for example the first discovery of a fleet diploma for a British sailor from Durham, or a fragment of a rare calendrical device found near Winchester. More commonly however they extend our understanding of categories of inscribed objects, for example of the repertoire of texts which they carry, especially mottoes and gift-giving dedications, and of the processes by which they were made and exchanged, as well as their distribution across the province and empire. This poster will assess the contribution made by these inscribed artefacts to understanding the uses of writing in the Roman countryside, since most Roman objects reported to the PAS derive from a rural context. Presenting individual recent discoveries and examining the wider body of inscribed artefacts documented by the PAS, the poster will draw on work undertaken by Beth Waters in 2018 under the auspices of the King’s undergraduate research fellowship scheme (KURF). (poster, Hoarding and deposition in Europe from later prehistory to the medieval period – King’s College London, 12th–14th June 2019)
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(poster, Hoarding and deposition in Europe from later prehistory to the medieval period – King’s College London, 12th–14th June 2019)
(poster, Hoarding and deposition in Europe from later prehistory to the medieval period – King’s College London, 12th–14th June 2019)