Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae
Introduction '''''Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae''''', standard abbreviation '''''ILS''''', is a three-volume selection of Latin 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'' (''CIL''); for example, ''CIL'' 12.2.774—''ILS'' 39.A concordance with ''CIL'' was published in 1950 (Rome) and 1955 (Berlin). ''ILS'' can also be found cited as '''Dessau''' or '''D'''.== References == ; Sources* Gordon, Arthur E. ''Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy''. University of California Press, 1983, p. xxi  online. * Wellington, Jean Susorney. ''Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines''. Greenwood, 2003, p. 422   online.
External links * Dessau, Hermann. ''Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae''. Berlin 1892-1916, 3 vols. : * vol. 1 (1892) ILS 1 to 2956 – full text downloadable at  Internet Archive: * vol. 2, part 1 (1902) ILS 2957 to 7210 – full text downloadable at  Internet Archive: * vol. 2, part 2 (1906) ILS 7211 to 8883 – full text downloadable at  Internet Archive: * vol. 3 (1914/16) ILS 8884 to 9522 + index – full text downloadable at  Internet Archive* The searchable, online database  Epigraphik-Datenbank  Clauss/Slaby includes ''Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae'' under the abbreviation '''D'''.