Representations of writing materials on Roman funerary monuments : : text, image, message / / edited by Tibor Grüll.

• Superior document: Archaeopress Roman archaeology 104
• Author: Representations of writing materials on Roman funerary monuments: Text, image, message (Workshop) VNV.
• TeilnehmendeR: Grüll, Tibor,; Representations of writing materials on Roman funerary monuments: Text, image, message (Workshop) VNV. (2021 : Online),
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 104.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (106 pages)
• Notes: "Publication of this book was sponsored by the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary (NKFI K 135317)"--Title page verso.; "The eight studies in this volume were delivered as lectures at an online conference organized by the Department of Ancient History at the University of Pécs in October 2021"--Back cover.

Ancient funerary reliefs are full of representations of writing materials and instruments, the interpretation of which can help us better understand the phenomenon of ancient literacy. The eight studies in this volume enrich our knowledge of Roman writing with many new aspects and detailed observations.

Table of Contents

Representations of writing tools and materials on Roman funerary monuments / Tibor Grüll, Nándor Agócs, János Jusztinger, Ernő Szabó -- Clio and Calliope : why diptych and scroll? / Elizabeth A. Meyer -- Educated by the nine Muses? / Josy Luginbühl -- Tablet in hand : Tabulae as markers of professional and social identity of Roman scribae / Benjamin Hartmann -- Representations of writing tools and materials on Phrygian door stelae / Tibor Grüll -- Broadening the view on literacy in Palmyra : ten years after the first attempt / Łukasz Sokołowski -- The scroll and codex on funerary steles in the Upper Moesian Limes / Sanja Pilipović -- Depictions of bone 'spatulate' strips and a few thoughts about their function / Anna Willi.