Blog website by Peter Kruschwitz, professor of Ancient Cultural History at the University of Vienna. Includes many entries about inscriptions, including these concerning dogs.
Identifies collections of Latin and Greek inscriptions in museums around the country. See the entry for the collection of inscriptions at the Penn Museum.
This is an image database of Roman stone monuments which makes many inscriptions viewable. Photographs are taken in museums, archaeological sites and other locations. See the tab Cards for a map and links to entries in the database.
Handbooks on Inscriptions
The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy by Alison E. Cooley
This book enables readers, especially those new to the subject, to appreciate both the potential and the limitations of inscriptions as historical source material, by considering the diversity of epigraphic culture in the Roman world and how it has been transmitted to the twenty-first century.
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Sander Goldberg (Editor)
Important reference source in the field of Classics. In its digital form, the OCD is continuously updated and expanding resource that keeps scholarship current and reflective of emerging subfields and perspectives. The OCD also incorporates multimedia, including images, links, and audiovisual clips that complement textual content. See in particular the entry "Epigraphy, Latin" by Joyce Reynolds.
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy by Christer Bruun; Jonathan Edmondson
Epigraphy is critical for anyone studying the Roman world. This volume shows why inscriptions matter and how to work with sources. The 35 chapters cover the field of study and the importance of inscriptions for understanding public life, enslavement, women's roles, the military, and life in the provinces.
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies by Alessandro Barchiesi; Walter Scheidel
Presents extensive annotated reading lists for authors, texts, and topics, with advice on editions, commentaries, translations, and recent studies. New articles are added twice a year. See articles of interest including: "Latin Epigraphy" Thorough overview of reference tools, journals, linguistics, literacy, catalogs of inscriptions and Jewish and Christian epigraphy. "Pompei- Social Identity" See discussions of the ways inscriptions provide knowledge about non-elite populations.
You can also learn more about the authors you are reading in class: "Amicitia" "Cicero" "Horace's Odes" "Seneca the Younger's Philosophical Works" "Virgil"
Database with a very large number of Latin inscriptions. You can start by searching for a Latin word you want in the inscription. The results will show linked categories you can use to narrow or broaden your search. Entries for individual inscriptions may link out to images or records in other epigraphic databases. It is useful to note a CIL ID number if that is included in an entry.
"Allows access to the collection of squeezes, photographs and bibliographical references maintained by the CIL research center, sorted by inscription-number."- See under the tab Archive - Database. BMC and Swarthmore have the more recent print volumes of the Corpus not included in this website. CIL began publishing volumes in 1853 and remains an important resource for scholars. More recent volumes are often available only in print.