LIBRI

Journal of Epigraphy, Translation and Review

LIBRI: Journal of Epigraphy, Translation and Review is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access electronic journal published since 2015 under the direction of an independent scholarly board of expert epigraphers, classical philologists, and ancient historians affiliated with leading Turkish universities, principally Akdeniz University. As a specialized platform, LIBRI aims not merely to publish Greek and Latin epigraphic documents from ancient and late antique Anatolia, but to recontextualize them within their critical, philological, and historical frameworks. The journal treats the production, transmission, and reinterpretation of epigraphic data as an integrated process, and is committed to closing the methodological gap between primary source material and scholarly interpretation. Anatolia ranks among the richest and most dynamic epigraphic landscapes of the ancient world: from the Archaic period through Late Antiquity, nearly one thousand new inscriptions are documented and published each year (approximately 400 to 600 as editiones principes, with the remainder comprising addenda, corrigenda, and emendationes). LIBRI is specifically positioned to channel this extraordinary reservoir of primary evidence into international scholarly circulation.

LIBRI: Journal of Epigraphy, Translation and Review aims to situate Anatolia’s multi-layered epigraphic heritage within the broader historical and cultural dynamics of the Mediterranean world, thereby enabling local primary source material to make theoretical and methodological contributions to international scholarship on the ancient world. The journal is committed to serving as a sustainable academic platform (open to both established and early-career scholars) that fosters critical inquiry, philological rigor, and methodological transparency. Given that epigraphy remains a niche discipline in Turkey, with a limited number of active practitioners and few dedicated publication venues, LIBRI has adopted the editorial principle of not restricting contributors of demonstrable scholarly merit from publishing in consecutive issues. This policy is designed to sustain the continued development of the discipline and to ensure the uninterrupted integration of Anatolia’s rich epigraphic record into broader academic discourse.

LIBRI: Journal of Epigraphy, Translation and Review aims to situate Anatolia’s multi-layered epigraphic heritage within the broader historical and cultural dynamics of the Mediterranean world, thereby enabling local primary source material to make theoretical and methodological contributions to international scholarship on the ancient world. The journal is committed to serving as a sustainable academic platform (open to both established and early-career scholars) that fosters critical inquiry, philological rigor, and methodological transparency. Given that epigraphy remains a niche discipline in Turkey, with a limited number of active practitioners and few dedicated publication venues, LIBRI has adopted the editorial principle of not restricting contributors of demonstrable scholarly merit from publishing in consecutive issues. This policy is designed to sustain the continued development of the discipline and to ensure the uninterrupted integration of Anatolia’s rich epigraphic record into broader academic discourse.

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The  articles, reviews and translations, process of which are completed is published on the web site of the journal (libridergi.org) within the relevant issue (Volume XII: January-December 2026) throughout the year. The issue of the relevant year is completed at the end of the month of December. The authors are responsible for the content of their work.

Translations

LIBRI I-XI