A digital resource for studying the graffiti of Herculaneum and Pompeii
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- #Ancient Rome
- #Epigraphy
- #Archaeology
- The Ancient Graffiti Project is a digital resource for studying handwritten inscriptions from the early Roman empire.
- These inscriptions provide insights into daily life, society, economy, religion, and language in ancient cities like Herculaneum and Pompeii.
- The term 'graffiti' originally referred to scratched wall-inscriptions, later expanding to any wall writing.
- AGP offers user-friendly maps, translations, and summaries to help scholars and the public explore these inscriptions in context.
- The project provides critical editions of ancient texts, updates to the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, and includes photographs and line-drawings for clarity.
- AGP contributes to the Epigraphic Database Roma and EAGLE, offering linked open data and teaching materials.