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Latin Inscriptions in Stone from Ancient Osor

Anamarija Kurilić
2025
Invited Lecture

November
Abstract Stone inscriptions (epigraphs) offer the most direct evidence of
the population of a specific place and time, particularly those groups often
overlooked by historians or other chroniclers. They convey the thoughts of
individuals we would otherwise never know; inscriptions were set up not
only by the wealthy and prestigious, nor solely by the elite, but also by ar- 4–5
tisans, soldiers, slaves and freedmen, women, and even children. Roman in-
scriptions from Osor have long attracted the interest of both scholars and Koper,
the general public, with the earliest records and studies dating back several
centuries. Today, most of these inscriptions are preserved in the Archaeolog- •
ical Collection in Osor, although some have disappeared entirely. As part of
research conducted within the Croatian Science Foundation project ‘Sit tibi Spotlight
terra levis: Formulas and Phrases from the Funerary Monuments of Ancient
Liburnia and Iapodia,’ a revision of the monuments and their texts has re-
cently been completed, providing much clearer data on the Osor epigraphic
corpus. This lecture will present the current state of the Osor epigraphic cor- Scientific
pus, its analysis, and the information it provides about the population of Osor
and their everyday practices.
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Keywords Osor (Apsorus), Latin epigraphy, ancient history, social history
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