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

More fragments from the Diogenes inscription at Oionanda?

Posted on 2008-08-25 by Tom Elliott

Via Mondo Archeologia Glaucopide alerts us to a terse news item from ANSA: In Licia iscrizioni II secolo dc (with obscure photo; here via Yahoo). It reports the discovery, by an unnamed “team of archaeologists” in Lycia, of 26 fragments … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming: Database of Early Dynastic (Egyptian) Inscriptions

Posted on 2008-08-03 by Tom Elliott

Of related interest: By way of Egyptology News, we learn of a forthcoming release from Ilona Regulski and the Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster: The current database (which will be accessible to the general public soon) … Continue reading →

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Terra Italia Onlus

Posted on 2008-07-10 by Tom Elliott

By way of Silvia Orlandi comes this announcement from Silvio Panciera of a newly-formed Association for the Development and Dissemination of the Study of Roman Italy: TERRA ITALIA ONLUS Associazione per lo sviluppo e la diffusione degli studi sull’Italia Romana … Continue reading →

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ZPE 164 (2008)

Posted on 2008-06-30 by Tom Elliott

Gregg Schwendner has posted the newly-released table of contents for the latest issue of ZPE (with plenty of epigraphic content, of course).

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Inscriptions as Evidence for Language and Dialect in Ancient Macedonia

Posted on 2008-06-25 by Tom Elliott

Last Saturday, Daniel Tompkins started an interesting discussion on the Classics-L list by asking: What was the language of the ancient Macedonians? … I’d be very interested in hearing about epigraphic remains in geographic Macedonia, and in analyses of them, … Continue reading →

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The Son of Suda On Line: a next generation collaborative editing tool (seminar)

Posted on 2008-06-18 by Tom Elliott

From Simon Mahony via the Digital Classicist list: Digital Classicist/Institute of Classical Studies Work-in-Progress Seminar, Summer 2008 Friday 20th June at 16:30, in B3, Stewart House, Senate House, Malet Street, London please note – this is a different room. Stewart … Continue reading →

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Instrumenta Inscripta Latina II

Posted on 2008-06-18 by Tom Elliott

Alicia Canto forwarded the following notice, originating with AIEGL, to the inscriptiones-l list: Instrumenta Inscripta Latina II: Akten des 2. Internationalen Kolloquiums, Klagenfurt, 5. – 8. Mai 2005 Herausgegeben von Manfred Hainzmann und Reinhold Wedenig Verlag des Geschichtsvereines für Kärnten … Continue reading →

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A New Latin Inscription from Gavignano

Posted on 2008-06-06 by Tom Elliott

Jeff Becker just drew my attention to this announcement on Archeoblog: Il giorno 28 maggio 2008 con una brillante operazione, gli uomini del Comando di Tenenza della Guardia di Finanza di Colleferro, agli ordini del Ten. Giancarlo Urciuoli, hanno recuperato … Continue reading →

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Web changes: Centre d’Études Épigraphiques et Numismatiques “Fanula Papazoglou”

Posted on 2008-05-27 by Tom Elliott

A posting on inscriptiones-l alerts us to a website change for the Centre d’Études Épigraphiques et Numismatiques “Fanula Papazoglou” of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade: http://www.moesia-superior.rs/ (caen@f.bg.ac.yu). At present the website is devoted to information about … Continue reading →

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Online seminar on unpublished inscriptions from Corinth

Posted on 2008-04-27 by Tom Elliott

CurEp will soon play host to a virtual seminar on some unpublished Greek and Latin inscriptions from Corinth. The seminar will be directed by Donald Laing and Paul Iversen, with collaboration from Gabriel Bodard and myself. These inscriptions were unearthed … Continue reading →

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Brigetio Tablet: another copy

Posted on 2008-04-25 by Tom Elliott

Simon Corcoran writes: A second copy of the letter of Licinius on military privileges, previously known from the Brigetio Tablet (dated 10 June 311), has been identified on a bronze tablet in a Bulgarian private collection. He provides a link … Continue reading →

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Aelius Victor VSLM

Posted on 2008-04-10 by Tom Elliott

Archaeology in Europe and rogueclassicism both alerted us to David Ottewell’s piece in the Manchester Evening News (10 April 2008) concerning an inscribed altar — tentatively dated to the late 1st century AD — found in Manchester. An image of … Continue reading →

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