Monthly Archives: August 2012

CIEGL 2012 Begins

The Fourteenth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy opened last night in the great “Auditorium Maximum” of the Humboldt University in Berlin. The well-attended opening plenary session began with a series of welcoming remarks by Werner Eck (Chairman of the … Continue reading

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Pavement Signs Typology

A typology for recording pavement signs. Pavement Signs Typology (PDF) Over many years Charlotte Roueché has been collecting examples of pavement markings, particularly at Aphrodisias and Ephesus: these have conventionally been described as gameboards, although only some of them were … Continue reading

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EDH – „Neue Suche“ online!

Kaum wiederzuerkennen, aber immer noch EDH – und jetzt noch besser: Zur Optimierung der Benutzerfreundlichkeit ist der Internetauftritt (www.epigraphische-datenbank-heidelberg.de) einem umfassenden Relaunch unterzogen worden. Zu den Neuerungen zählen … Performance-Steigerung Suche nach zwei oder mehr direkt aufeinander folgenden Suchwörtern im … Continue reading

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L’Année épigraphique 2009 available

Mireille CORBIER, directeur de L’Année épigraphique (Paris), fait savoir que L’Année épigraphique 2009 (1838 notices, 876 pages dont 177 pages d’index) est parue en août 2012. Les commandes doivent être adressées aux Presses Universitaires de France : revues@puf.com Mireille CORBIER, … Continue reading

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Blogging CIEGL 2012: invitation

As in previous years, Current Epigraphy will be posting reports on the papers delivered at the Berlin Epigraphic Congress next week. Watch this space, and the CIEGL category, for frequent updates. If you are interested in contributing to this reportage, … Continue reading

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Inscriptions in the Russian “Online Database of Ancient Art”

I recently became aware of the Поиск Изображений В Античном Искусстве and its English version, the Online Database of Ancient Art, which presently includes records and images for 82 inscriptions (an English version of the search results is also available).

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Ficheiro Epigráfico 100 (2012) released

Via a post on Manuel Ramírez Sánchez’s blog, we learn of the publication of Ficheiro Epigráfico 100 (pdf), which provides addenda et corrigenda to previously published inscriptions, as well as indices to fascicules 90-99.

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Inscriptions reported in Chronique des fouilles en ligne

The joint “Archaeology in Greek Online” database of the French and British schools at Athens provides for keyword searching of the archaeological reports contained therein. One of the keywords provided is “find type -> inscription”. A search today, to which … Continue reading

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