Author Archives: Gabriel Bodard

Writing in the Classical World (Oxford, October 25, 2008)

Posted on 2008-08-27 by Gabriel Bodard

As circulated by the BES: Writing in the Classical World Sunday October 25th 2008 Provisional Timetable: 9.00-9.30: Registration 9.30-10.30: Dr. Lisa Bendall: Clay tablets and Linear B: the earliest written Greek 10.30-11.30: Dr. Peter Haarer: The Emergence of Alphabetic Writing … Continue reading →

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Charlotte Roueché, ‘From Stone to Byte’

Posted on 2008-08-17 by Gabriel Bodard

At the Digital Classicist work in progress seminar, held at the Insititute for Classical Studies in London on Friday August 8th, Charlotte Roueché gave a presentation under the title, ‘From Stone to Byte: Implications of the XML publication of inscriptions’. … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic Spring Academy Athens 2009

Posted on 2008-08-05 by Gabriel Bodard

As circulated by Christian Witschel, “an Epigraphic Spring Academy for students and young scholars in the Classics, jointly organized by Inscriptiones Graecae, the Kommission fuer Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik in Munich and the University of Heidelberg”: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften … Continue reading →

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Markup of the epigraphy and archaeology of Roman Libya (seminar)

Posted on 2008-07-23 by Gabriel Bodard

Another epigraphic paper in the London seminar series: Digital Classicist/Institute for Classical Studies Work in Progress Seminar, Summer 2008 Friday 25th July at 16:30, in room NG16, Senate House, Malet Street, London Charlotte Tupman (KCL) ‘Markup of the epigraphy and … Continue reading →

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Reviews: Celtic Personal Names; Epigraphika Thessalonikeia

Posted on 2008-07-20 by Gabriel Bodard

Two reviews from BMCR that I’ve been sitting on for a while, far too busy with the EpiDoc Summer School to read and report on here: (1) BMCR 2008.07.09: Marilynne E. Raybould, Patrick Sims-Williams, A Corpus of Latin Inscriptions of … Continue reading →

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Seminar: Towards the digital squeeze

Posted on 2008-07-17 by Gabriel Bodard

Digital Classicist/Institute for Classical Studies Work in Progress Seminar, Summer 2008 Friday 18th July at 16:30, in Stewart House B9 (between Senate House & Russell Square) *Note room change* Ryan Baumann (University of Kentucky) ‘Towards the Digital Squeeze: 3-D imaging … Continue reading →

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Conference: Inscriptions and their uses in Ancient Literature

Posted on 2008-06-25 by Gabriel Bodard

Conference announcement: Inscriptions and their Uses in Ancient Literature: a conference Department of Classics and Ancient History University of Manchester June 25-26, 2009 This conference aims to explore the possibilities which the literary record of ancient inscriptions offer both to … Continue reading →

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BMCR Review of Orlandi, Epigrafia anfiteatrale

Posted on 2008-06-23 by Gabriel Bodard

Reviewed in BMCR 2008.06.28: Silvia Orlandi, Epigrafia anfiteatrale dell’occidente romano. VI. Roma. Anfiteatri e strutture annesse con una nuova edizione e commento delle iscrizioni del Colosseo. Vetera, 15. Roma: Quasar, 2004. Pp. 600; pls. 28. ISBN 978-88-7140-265-9. €84.00 (pb). Reviewed … Continue reading →

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Inscriptions mineures: conference, Lausanne, June 19-20, 2008

Posted on 2008-06-12 by Gabriel Bodard

Just seen this announcement for a conference at the University of Lausanne titled “Inscriptions mineures: nouveautés et réflexions”, to be held June 19-20, 2008, as part of the Ductus project: Association internationale pour l’étude des inscriptions mineures. Pour mettre en … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic titles available from BMCR

Posted on 2008-05-03 by Gabriel Bodard

Available for review from BMCR 2008.05.02 (titles of possible interest to epigraphers): Bernabé Pajares, Alberto and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal. Instructions for the netherworld: the Orphic gold tablets. Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 162. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2008. … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic seminars in Digital Classicist WiP series

Posted on 2008-05-01 by Gabriel Bodard

The following titles from the Digital Classicist Work-in-Progress seminars are of potential interest to epigraphers: 6 June (NG16): Elaine Matthews and Sebastian Rahtz (Oxford), The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names and classical web services 13 June (NG16) Brent Seales (University … Continue reading →

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Inscriptions, language, and txting

Posted on 2008-04-25 by Gabriel Bodard

Yesterday Mark Liberman over at the Language Log posted a short comparison of abbreviations in ancient Latin inscriptions, and the shorthand comminly used (and much reviled) in text-messaging and instant-messaging today (article titled “pont max tr pot lol“). While this … Continue reading →

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