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''Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum'' (''SEG'') (
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for ''Greek Epigraphical Supplement'') is an annual survey (published by J. C. Gieben, Amsterdam, Netherlands until his death in 2006, now published by
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) collecting the content of and studies on Greek inscriptions published in a single year. New inscriptions have full
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text and critical apparatus, and studies of older inscriptions have brief summaries. The survey covers publications of inscriptions from the entire Greek world, although material later than the 8th-century A.D. is not included. Each issue contains the academic yield of a single year, delayed for a few years (e.g The volume of ''SEG'' published in 2018 contained all inscriptions and academic briefs published in 2014)


Contents

''SEG'' is a systematic collection of Greek inscriptions (which are presented with original critical apparatuses) and neutral summaries of new research into Greek inscriptions, which had been published in a certain year. There is some exception to this, as a small number of texts every volume are transcribed from photographs that have been made available, despite the fact they remain unpublished. All Greek inscriptions are transcribed according to the Leiden Conventions. Any entry for an inscription in a volume of ''SEG'' is included with three components: the editorial component, which presents the Greek inscription's text alongside critical apparatuses and summaries of interpretations; the bibliographic component, which consists of a
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of relevant articles, monographs and other publications; the epigraphic or thematic component, which is a collection of metadata on the inscription, including its provenance (date, place), language, purpose, and its type (public documents, dedications, epitaphs, miscellaneous). These texts are arranged geographically, as per the order of ''
Inscriptiones Graecae The ''Inscriptiones Graecae'' (IG), Latin for ''Greek inscriptions'', is an academic project originally begun by the Prussian Academy of Science, and today continued by its successor organisation, the . Its aim is to collect and publish all known ...
'' (from Attica (IG 1) to Sicily-Italy (IG XIV), subdivided into alphabetically arranged cities), and after that by date. Inscriptions of an unknown provenance are included separately from the others. At the end of the volumes, there are large indices for the topics of and entries on the inscriptions. These are subdivided into: Names, Kings, Emperors, Geography, Religion, Military, Greek and Latin Terms, and Selected Topics.


History

''SEG'' was founded in 1923 by the Dutch scholar J. J. E. Hondius in
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. Hondius' aim was for all Greek inscriptions to be collected in one publication, simplifying scholarly referencing. Hondius published volumes I through XI, between 1922 and 1940. After a hiatus, from 1940 to 1955, A. G. Woodhead took over as editor and published volumes XII through XXV, between 1951 and 1971. Another hiatus occurred, until 1976 when the publication was revived by Henk W. Pleket and Ronald S. Stroud, who modernized ''SEG'' and created the publication that still persists today. The current editors of ''SEG'' are:
Angelos Chaniotis Angelos Chaniotis ( el, Άγγελος Χανιώτης; born November 8, 1959) is a Greek historian and Classics scholar, known for original and wide-ranging research in the cultural, religious, legal and economic history of the Hellenistic pe ...
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Nikolaos Papazarkadas Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English ...
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Eftychia Stavrianopoulou Eutychia, phonetically transliterated as Eftychia (; el, ευτυχία) is a Greek female given name, meaning "happiness". It is derived from the Greek words εὖ (good) and τύχη (luck). The diminutive Effie Effie is a feminine given name, ...
. These editors are advised by 3 associate editors, 3 assistant editors and 10 advisory editors. In 2009, Brill launched the ''Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Online'' (''SEG Online''), which allows online access to the texts of ''SEG'' to Brill subscribers. As of 1 December 2018, 64 volumes have been published.


References


External links


SEG Home Page at Brill

Attic Inscriptions Online
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