''Roman Inscriptions of Britain'' is a 3-volume corpus of inscriptions found in Britain from the Roman period. It is an important reference work for all scholars of

Roman Britain Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered was ...

. This monumental work was initiated by

Francis J. Haverfield Francis John Haverfield, (8 November 1860 at Shipston-on-Stour – 1 October 1919) was an English ancient historian, archaeologist, and academic. From 1907 to 1919 he held the Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Oxford ...

, whose notebooks were bequeathed to the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. The first volume, ''Inscriptions on Stone'', was then edited by

R.G. Collingwood Robin George Collingwood (; 22 February 1889 – 9 January 1943) was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist. He is best known for his philosophical works, including ''The Principles of Art'' (1938) and the posthumously published ...

and R.P. Wright with an addendum by R.S.O. Tomlin. It was first published in 1965, with a new edition in 1995. Volume II contains, broadly speaking, the inscriptions found on ''

instrumentum domesticum In archaeology, ''instrumentum domesticum'' (or simply ''instrumentum'') refers to instruments, tools, and other artifacts intended for ordinary and domestic use (as opposed, for instance, to objects with religious, ceremonial, or monumental purpo ...

'' (domestic utensils). Volume III (edited by R.S.O. Tomlin, R.P. Wright, and M.W.C. Hassall) is a continuation of Volume I, containing all the lapidary inscriptions found from the closing date of Volume I up to 31 December 2006. There are also indexes published to the volumes allowing the scholar quickly to reference nomina and

cognomina A ''cognomen'' (; plural ''cognomina''; from ''con-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became here ...

, military units, imperial titles, emperors and consuls, deities and so forth. Entries are also cross-referenced to the CIL and other indexes and journals as necessary. References to ''RIB'' entries are usually written in the simple form: for example, refers to entry 1726 in volume I, which in this particular case is a part of an altar with the inscription "". This inscription is shown here with the critical marks from the ''RIB'' intact.

References

* Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. (1965). ''The Roman Inscriptions of Britain'', I, ''Inscriptions on Stone''. Oxford, Clarendon Press. * Tomlin, R.S.O. (1995). ''Addenda and Corrigenda'' to ''RIB'' I, in Collingwood and Wright 1965 (new edition 1995). Stroud, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. * Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. (1990–95). ''The Roman Inscriptions of Britain'', II: ''Instrumentum Domesticum'' (in eight fascicules), Frere, S.S. and Tomlin, R.S.O. (eds.). Oxford. * Tomlin, R.S.O., Wright, R.P., and Hassall, M.W.C. (2009). ''The Roman Inscriptions of Britain'', III: ''Inscriptions on Stone'', found or notified between 1 January 1955 and 31 December 2006. Oxford, Oxbow Books.

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''RIB'' Online
(an

EpiDoc EpiDoc is an international community that produces guidelines and tools for encoding in TEI XML scholarly and educational editions of ancient documents, especially inscriptions and papyri. The EpiDoc Guidelines were originally proposed as a rec ...

-based corpus compiled by Scott Vanderbilt).
''The Roman Inscriptions of Britain: An Epitome''
(without translations, drawings or cross-references). {{Classical epigraphy 1965 non-fiction books British non-fiction books

Britain Britain most often refers to: * The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands * Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...

Roman Britain

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