''Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae'', standard abbreviation ''ILS'', is a three-volume selection of
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
inscriptions edited by
Hermann Dessau. The work was published in five parts serially from 1892 to 1916, with numerous reprints. Supporting material and notes are all written in Latin. Inscriptions are organized within chapters (''capita'', singular ''caput'') by topic, such as funerary inscriptions, or inscriptions pertaining to ''
collegia''. Each inscription has an identifying number. Scholars citing a Latin inscription will often provide the ''ILS'' number in addition to a reference for the more comprehensive ''
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
The ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (''CIL'') is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. Public and personal inscriptions throw ...
'' (''CIL''); for example, ''CIL'' 1
2.2.774—''ILS'' 39. A
concordance with ''CIL'' was published in 1950 (Rome) and 1955 (Berlin).
''ILS'' can also be found cited as Dessau or D.
See also
* ''
Autobiographic Elements in Latin Inscriptions
''Autobiographic Elements in Latin Inscriptions'' is a 1910 book by Henry Herbert Armstrong, published by The MacMillan Company.
Content
The book is an academic text analyzing autobiographic elements of Latin inscriptions from ancient Rome. Pe ...
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References
; Sources
*
Gordon, Arthur E. ''Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy''. University of California Press, 1983, p. xx
online.* Wellington, Jean Susorney. ''Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines''. Greenwood, 2003, p. 42
online.
External links
* Dessau, Hermann. ''Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae''. Berlin 1892-1916, 3 vols.
: * vol. 1 (1892)
LS 1 to 2956– full text downloadable a
Internet Archive: * vol. 2, part 1 (1902)
LS 2957 to 7210– full text downloadable a
Internet Archive: * vol. 2, part 2 (1906)
LS 7211 to 8883– full text downloadable a
Internet Archive: * vol. 3 (1914/16)
LS 8884 to 9522 + index– full text downloadable a
Internet Archive
* The searchable, online databas
includes ''Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae'' under the abbreviation D.
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