Author Archives: Tom Elliott

About Tom Elliott

Associate Director for Digital Programs and Senior Research Scholar, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University

Athletes and artists in Naples: new information from the Piazza Nicola Amore

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Tom Elliott

We recently received the following notice of an upcoming epigraphic colloquium in Naples: Si inoltra il programma del convegno “Atleti e artisti a Neapolis. I nuovi dati da Piazza Nicola Amore“, che si terrà il 29 giugno presso l’Università degli … Continue reading →

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Wallace’s Intro to Wall Inscriptions

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Tom Elliott

Over at ancienthistory.about.com, N.S. Gill has a short overview piece about: Rex Wallace, An Introduction to Wall Inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum, Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2005, ISBN: 086516570X [worldcat record]

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Corrigenda: Greek Sacred Law (Lupu)

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

Recently noted: “Eran Lupu has ‘More Corrections and Some Second Thoughts’ on his book: Greek Sacred Law. A Collection of New Documents (NGSL), Leiden 2005,” ASGLE Newsletter 11.1 (15 May 2007), 6-10. The ASGLE Newsletter is not currently available online. … Continue reading →

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A New Text of IG XII 2 1069

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

A new text is offered by Prof. Elias Kapteanopoulos (Dept. of History, Central Connecticut State University). It has appeared in the following locations: “Elias Kapteanopoulos provides a new text of IG II2 1069,” ASGLE Newsletter 11.1 (15 May 2007), 3-6 … Continue reading →

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ASGLE Newsletter 11.1, 15 May 2007

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

The latest issue of the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy Newsletter has arrived. Paul Iversen (secretary-treasurer) informs us via email that he hopes to begin posting newsletter issues, including back issues, on the ASGLE website beginning fall 2007. … Continue reading →

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Babylonian month name in 6th century Greek inscription?

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

In a post to the ANE-2 list, Chris Bennett is trying to get more information on a cryptic assertion made by a colleague; namely, that there exists “an inscription of the 6th century BC which gives a Babylonian month name … Continue reading →

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New Acquisitions: ASCSA/BSA April 2007

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

The Ambrosia Union Catalog of the libraries of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the British School at Athens facilitates searches for recently acquired works of interest. The following list (for April 2007) was assembled from the … Continue reading →

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Roman military diploma at Brigham Young University library

Posted on 2007-05-31 by Tom Elliott

The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah (U.S.A.) has installed a display featuring a Roman military diploma issued to one Marcus Herennius Polymita during the reign of the Emperor Trajan (dating to 109 CE), along … Continue reading →

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Keegan reviews Hasegawa’s Familia Urbana

Posted on 2007-05-30 by Tom Elliott

Recently in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review: BMCR 2007.05.37: Peter Keegan reviews Kinuko Hasegawa, The Familia Urbana during the Early Empire: A Study of Columbaria Inscriptions, BAR International Series 1440, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2005, ISBN: 1841718769 (worldcat record for book).

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New Web Address: American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

Posted on 2007-05-07 by Tom Elliott

Under its new Secretary/Treasurer Paul Iversen, the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy is moving its website to a new address at Case Western Reserve University, effective immediately: https://www.case.edu/artsci/clsc/asgle/ The old website at UNC-Chapel Hill is still online, but … Continue reading →

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The Heliodorus Stele = ZPE 159 (2007), 191-205

Posted on 2007-05-07 by Tom Elliott

The Epoch Times has run a piece entitled “Historically Important Greek Stele Inscriptions Revealed.” It discusses an inscribed stone block (stele) dating no earlier than August 178 BCE. The stele preserves part of a letter of King Seleucus IV Philopator … Continue reading →

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Epigraphy in Ancient Society 36 (2006)

Posted on 2007-05-03 by Tom Elliott

Gregg Schwendner over at What’s New in Papyrology alerts us to the following epigraphical articles published in volume 36 of Ancient Society (ISSN: 0066-1619; / E-ISSN: 1783-1334). M.J. Osborne, “The Eponymous Archons of Athens from 300/299 to 286/5,” pp. 69-80, … Continue reading →

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