The Writing Tablets of Roman Tongeren (Belgium) : And Associated Wooden Finds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartoch, Else.

Contributor:

Hartoch

Series:

Titles in Archaeology (Outside a Series) Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 2025.

Contents:

Front Matter

Else Hartoch. 1.1. Introduction: The project

Jürgen Blänsdorf and Markus Scholz. 1.2. The texts of the Tongeren tablets and their significance

Koen Deforce, Else Hartoch, and Veerle van Kersen. 1.3. Wood use, production of writing tablets, and some associated finds

Lieve Watteeuw and Hendrik Hameeuw. 1.4. Imaging incised stylus text marks on the Roman wooden writing tablets of Tongeren using Multi-Light Reflectance technology

Carlos Marquez, Sabina Accardo, and Dirk De Vos. 1.5. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry characterisation of wax residues in wooden Roman writing tablets

Mathieu Boudin. 1.6. Radiocarbon dating of the wooden tablets

Annie Verbanck-Piérard. 2.1. To write and read, count and record, certify and attest: The multiple functions of tablets in Greek and Roman Antiquity

Alain Vanderhoeven. 2.2. Atuatuca Tungrorum: A brief introduction

Dirk Pauwels. 2.3. The Roman wooden writing tablets of Tongeren: Contextualising the finds

Sabine Groetembril. 2.4. A painting of an aristocrat from Roman Tongeren carrying writing tablets

Else Hartoch. 3.1. A Reader's Guide

Catalogue Part 1. Tablets with legible writing,symbols and/or illegible stylus marks. Jürgen Blänsdorf, Markus Scholz, Else Hartoch, Koen Deforce, Dirk Pauwels, Lieve Watteeuw ,Hendrik Hameeuw, and Mathieu Boudin

Catalogue Part 2. Tablets without legible writing, symbols and/or illegible stylus marks. Else Hartoch, Koen Deforce, Dirk Pauwels, Jürgen Blänsdorf, Markus Scholz, Lieve Watteeuw, Hendrik Hameeuw, and Mathieu Boudin

Catalogue Part 3. Production evidence and production waste. Else Hartoch, Koen Deforce, and Dirk Pauwels

Catalogue Part 4. Possible wooden writing equipment. Else Hartoch, Koen Deforce, Dirk Pauwels, and Veerle van Kersen.

Catalogue Part 5. Miscellaneous wooden finds: mouldings. Else Hartoch, Koen Deforce, and Dirk Pauwels

Marie-Thérèse Raepsaet-Charlier and Georges Raepsaet. 4. General interpretations.The contribution of the Tongeren tablets to knowledge of the institutions of the civitas/municipium Tungrorum anda problem statement concerning the Romanisation and the Latinisation of the city and its region

Else Hartoch. 5. Conclusion

6. Appendices

Notes on the contributors.

Notes:

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ISBN:

2-503-61688-7

9782503616889

OCLC:

1579269462