Roger Tomlin | |
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Born | 1943 (age 81–82) |
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Sub-discipline | Roman Archaeology Classical Archaeology Greek and Latin text |
Institutions | Cornell University University of Durham Wolfson College, Oxford |
Roger Simon Ouin Tomlin FSA (born 1943) is a British archaeologist specialising in the translation of Latin text and epigraphy. Tomlin is an Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. [1]
Tomlin first studied Honour Moderations (Mods) at Oxford University before continuing onto study Literae humaniores (Greats). His college tutor was Peter Brunt, the Camden Professor of Ancient History. [2] Tomlin's graduate work, a study of the reign of Emperor Valentinian I, was supervised by Peter Brown of All Souls College. [3]
After graduating, Tomlin worked in the United States for a couple of years, before returning to take up a post at the University of Oxford teaching Late Roman History. He succeeded Richard Wright as editor of the Roman Inscriptions of Britain project and started working intensively on translating inscriptions. [2] Tomlin published the first translation of the curse-tablets from the Roman Baths at Aquae Sulis (Bath, UK) in 1988. [4] Tomlin translated the Bloomberg tablets, a collection of 405 wooden tablets inscribed with ink, found between 2010 and 2013, during excavations for the Bloomberg building in London. [5] In 2019 a stylus from Roman London was translated by Tomlin; it was found to contain a humorous message to give to someone as a souvenir. [6]
Tomlin is a member of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents in Oxford. [7]
Tomlin was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 5 May 1976. [8]
In March 2017 he received the István Hahn prize and gave an honorary lecture at Eötvös Loránd University. [2]
Tomlin had a Festschrift dedicated to him in 2019, titled "Litterae Magicae: Studies in honour of Roger S. O. Tomlin". [9]
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