Classical Philology: Epigraphy
Overview
On this page, you can discover the best resources for the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions available to UB library users.
Introductions & Guides | Corpora: Greek | Corpora: Latin | Select Corpora: General & Topical | Select Corpora: Geographical
Journals | Ancillae for Reading and Understanding Inscriptions | Online Resources
Introductions & Guides

L'epigrafia greca dalle origini al tardo impero by Margherita Guarducci (2005)
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Nouveau Choix d'Inscriptions Grecques by Georges Rougemont & Denis Rousset (2005)
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Initiation à l'épigraphie grecque et latine by Bernard Rémy & François Kayser (1999)
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Dizionario epigrafico di antichità romane, 5 vols., by Ettore de Ruggiero (1961)
Lockwood: CN70 .R8 | 2nd floor Reference
Online: part of 1895 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only): Vol. 1 | Vol. 2, Pt. 1 and at the Internet Archive: Vol. 1 | Vol. 2, Pt. 1

Latin epigraphy: an introduction to the study of Latin inscriptions by J.E. Sandys (1919)
Goetz: CN510 .S63 1927
Online: 1919 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only).
Cours d'épigraphie latine, 4. éd., by René Cagnat (1914)
Lockwood: CN510 .C3 1914 | 4th floor stacks
Goetz: CN510 .C3
Online: 1914 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only); 1898 edition available at the Internet Archive.
Griechische Epigraphik, 3. Aufl., by Wilhelm Larfeld (1914)
Annex: PA25 .H25 Abt.1 T.5
Online: 1914 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only) and at the Internet Archive.
Handbuch der griechischen Epigraphik, 2 vols., by Wilhelm Larfeld (1907)
Online: 1907 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only): Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 and at the Internet Archive: Vol. 1 | Vol. 2
Corpora: Greek
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Inscriptiones Graecae (IG)
The Inscriptiones Graecae (IG) are an academic project originally begun by the Prussian Academy of Science, and today continued by its successor organisation, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Its aim is to collect and publish all known ancient inscriptions from the mainland and islands of Greece. The project was designed as a continuation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum (Corpus of Greek Inscriptions, abbreviated CIG) published by August Böckh between 1825 and 1860, and as a parallel to the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (Corpus of Latin Inscriptions) founded by Theodor Mommsen in 1847. From 1860 to 1902, it was directed by Adolf Kirchhoff. From 1902 to 1931, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff was in control of the project; he reorganised and re-energised the IG, turning it into one of the most important series for the publication of source material in classical studies. After the Second World War, the project suffered from a lack of financial and motivational support. It came to a temporary halt in 1972, but was revived by the newly reformed Berlin-Brandenburg Academy in 1994. So far, 49 fascicles have been published, some of them in several editions. The preparation of individual volumes is partially entrusted to external scholars, in which case the Berlin Academy retains the final editing.
Lockwood: Oversize CN360 .I6 | Oversize CN360 .I62 | Oversize CN360 .I623 | Oversize CN380 .A8 C6 | all: 4th floor Oversize stacks
Goetz: CN 360 .I6 OVERSIZE | CN 360 .I62 OVERSIZE
Related Resources
Inscriptiones Graecae project homepage: The homepage in English for the IG project.
Searchable Greek Inscriptions: A digital library of inscriptions from the Packard Humanities Institute, including the complete IG corpus.
Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum: The forerunner to the IG, edited by August Böckh and published 1828-1877, available in its entirety as PDFs.
Wikipedia: The Wikipedia article on the IG, from which the above description is taken, contains valuable bibliographic and historical information on the series.
HathiTrust holdings: Volumes of the IG available online through HathiTrust (UB only). N.B. This list may not be complete.
Internet Archive holdings: Volumes of the IG available online through the Internet Archive. N.B. This list may not be complete.
Corpora: Latin
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Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL)
The Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. The CIL collects all Latin inscriptions from the whole territory of the Roman Empire, ordering them geographically and systematically. The earlier volumes collected and published authoritative versions of all inscriptions known at the time—most of these had been previously published in a wide range of publications. The descriptions include images of the original inscription if available, drawings showing the letters in their original size and position, and an interpretation reconstructing abbreviations and missing words, along with discussion of issues and problems, all in Latin. The CIL presently consists of 17 volumes in about 70 parts, recording approximately 180,000 inscriptions. Thirteen supplementary volumes have plates and special indices. The first volume, in two sections, covered the oldest inscriptions, to the end of the Roman Republic; volumes II to XIV are divided geographically, according to the regions where the inscriptions were found. The other volumes cover other topics. Volume XVII, for instance, is entirely devoted to milestones. A volume XVIII is planned, which will contain the Carmina Latina Epigraphica (Latin verse inscriptions). A two-volume "Index of Numbers", correlating inscription numbers with volume numbers, was published in 2003. The Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften continues to update and reprint the CIL in new editions and supplements.
Lockwood: CN520 .C6 | 4th floor Oversize stacks
Goetz: CN 520 .C6 (vol. 16 only)
Related Resources
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum project homepage: The homepage in English for the CIL project, containing valuable historical and bibliographic information.
Wikipedia: The Wikipedia article on the CIL, from which the above description is taken, contains valuable historical information on the series.
HathiTrust holdings: Volumes of the CIL available online through HathiTrust (UB only). N.B. This list may not be complete.
Internet Archive holdings: Volumes of the CIL available online through the Internet Archive. N.B. This list may not be complete.
Select Corpora: General & Topical
Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, 4 vols., by F. Bechtel, A. Bezzenberger et al (1973)
Lockwood: CN350 .S2 1973 | 4th floor stacks
Online: Various editions and volumes available at HathiTrust (UB only).
Recueil des inscriptions juridiques grecques : texte, traduction, commentaire by R. Dareste, B. Haussoullier, T. Reinach (1965)
Lockwood: CN367 .J8 D2 1891 | 4th floor stacks
Lockwood has: fasc. 1-3.
Annex: CN367 .J8 D2 1965
Annex has: vol. 3.
Online: Various editions and volumes available at HathiTrust (UB only).
Inscriptiones latinae selectae, 3rd ed., 3 vols., by Hermann Dessau (1962)
Lockwood: CN521 .D3 1962 | 4th floor stacks
Goetz: CN521 .D3 1954
Online: Various volumes and editions available at HathiTrust (UB only).
Orientis graeci inscriptiones selectae, 4 vols., by Wilhelm Dittenberger (1960)
Goetz: CN360.S9
Online: Various editions and volumes available at HathiTrust (UB only).
Inscriptiones graecae ad res romanas pertinentes, 4 vols., by René Cagnat et al (1906)
Lockwood: DG13 .I57 1906 | 4th floor stacks
Lockwood has: vol. 3 only.
Goetz: CN360.I7
Online: Various editions and volumes available at HathiTrust (UB only).
Select Corpora: Geographical
Catalogue of the Greek Inscriptions in the Sudan National Museum by Adam Lajtar (2003)
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Inscriptiones Italiae, various editors (1931)
Lockwood: Oversize CN1010 .I6 | 4th floor Oversize stacks
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The collection of ancient Greek inscriptions in the British Museum, 4 vols., by C.T. Newton, E.L. Hicks, & Gustav Hirschfeld (1874)
Lockwood: Oversize CN350 .B8 | 4th floor Oversize stacks
Lockwood has: vols. 2-4.
Online: 1874 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only): Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3
Journals

L'Année épigraphique
Online: See holdings here.
Lockwood: CN1 .A55
Lockwood has: 1888-1988, 1999-2014 in print.
AnnEpigr website

Annual of the British School at Athens
Online: See holdings here.
Lockwood: DF11 .B6 | 4th floor stacks
Lockwood has: no. 1 (1894/5) - no. 44 (1949); no. 46 (1951) - no. 112 (2017) in print.
ABSA website

Bulletin de correspondance hellénique
Online: See holdings here.
Lockwood: Per DF10 .B9 | 3rd floor Current Periodicals
Lockwood has two most recent issues in print.
Annex: Per DF10 .B9
Annex has: vol. 1 (1877) - vol. 13 (1889); vol. 20 (1896) - vol. 21 (1897); vol. 27 (1903) - vol. 28 (1904); vol. 31 (1907) - vol. 138 (2014) in print.

Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Online: See holdings here.
Annex: Per DF10 .H4
Annex has: vol. 1 (1932) - vol. 79 (2010) in print.
Hesperia website

Supplementum epigraphicum Graecum
Lockwood: CN360 .S87
Lockwood has: vol. 1 - vol. 58 (2008); vol. 63 (2013) in print.
SEG website

Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
Online: See holdings here.
Annex: Per PA3339 .Z45
Annex has: Bd. 1 (1967) - Bd. 196 (2015) in print.
ZPE website
Ancillae for Reading and Understanding Inscriptions

Dizionario epigrafico di antichità romane, 5 vols., by Ettore de Ruggiero (1961)
Lockwood: CN70 .R8 | 2nd floor Reference
Online: part of 1895 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only): Vol. 1 | Vol. 2, Pt. 1 and at the Internet Archive: Vol. 1 | Vol. 2, Pt. 1

Latin epigraphy: an introduction to the study of Latin inscriptions by J.E. Sandys (1919)
Online: 1919 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only).
Cours d'épigraphie latine, 4. éd., by René Cagnat (1914)
Lockwood: CN510 .C3 1914 | 4th floor stacks
Online: 1914 edition available at HathiTrust (UB only); 1898 edition available at the Internet Archive.