TY - BOOK ID - 18358348 TI - The epigraphy of death : studies in the history and society of Greece and Rome PY - 2000 SN - 0853239150 184631304X 9781846313042 9780853239154 PB - Liverpool Liverpool university press DB - UniCat KW - Death KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Tombs KW - Social aspects KW - History. KW - Greece KW - Rome KW - Rome (Italy) KW - Social life and customs. KW - Antiquities. KW - Sepulchral monuments KW - Inscriptions, Ancient KW - Mortality KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient KW - Monuments funéraires KW - Inscriptions antiques KW - Mortalité KW - Funérailles KW - Aspect social KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Histoire KW - Funerals KW - Mortuary ceremonies KW - Obsequies KW - Manners and customs KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Burial KW - Cremation KW - Dead KW - Mourning customs KW - Dying KW - End of life KW - Life KW - Terminal care KW - Terminally ill KW - Thanatology KW - History KW - Philosophy KW - Cryomation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18358348 AB - Tombstones provide the largest single category of epigraphical evidence from the ancient world. However, epigraphy - the study of inscriptions - remains, for many students of history and archaeology, an abstruse subject. By marrying epigraphy and death, the contributors to this collection hope to encourage a wider audience to consider the importance of inscribed tombstones. ER -