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

Ancient Greek and Latin Inscriptions from Upper Macedonia, Aegean Thrace and Achaia … and more

Posted on 2008-04-09 by Tom Elliott

The humanities components of the National Hellenic Research Foundation have released Pandektis: Digital Thesaurus of Primary Sources for Greek History and Culture. Readers of CurEp will be particularly interested in the collection entitled “Ancient Greek and Latin Inscriptions from Upper … Continue reading →

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A new Latin inscription to Hercules from Sicily

Posted on 2008-03-28 by Tom Elliott

David Meadows notes a report in Marsalace (“Ritrovata un epigrafe in lingua latina nel parco archeologico di Capo Boeo: ieri la presentazione al Baglio Anselmi”, 27 March 2008) regarding the discovery of a Latin inscription to Hercules, likely to have … Continue reading →

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Dacian inscriptions with Greek graphemes from Gradistea Muncelului – Sarmizegetusa-Regia

Posted on 2008-03-27 by Tom Elliott

In a recent post to inscriptiones-l, B. Alexandru sought contact with other scholars regarding letter shapes in ancient greek alphabets. The context: current work on “some dacian incisions with greek graphemes made on numerous stone blocks from the archeologicall site … Continue reading →

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Seeking Sabazius

Posted on 2008-03-18 by Tom Elliott

In a recent post to inscriptiones-l, Gil Renberg asks: I am wondering whether anyone has a list of Latin and Greek dedications to Jupiter/Zeus Sabazius published since the appearance of CCIS. I am working on a restoration of a Latin … Continue reading →

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Republished: Bulletin épigraphique 1987-2001

Posted on 2008-03-18 by Tom Elliott

In a recent post to inscriptiones-l, Denis Rousset drew our attention to the republication, in four volumes, of the annual Bulletin épigraphique for the years 1987-2001. The PDF file he attached to his note was stripped by the Yahoo Groups … Continue reading →

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Call for report: The Documents in the Attic Orators and Greek Epigraphy

Posted on 2008-03-06 by Tom Elliott

According to a notice on the American School of Classical Studies in Athens’ website, the Upper House seminar on 17 April will be delivered by Edward Harris on the subject “The Documents in the Attic Orators and Greek Epigraphy.” The … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic Digitization and Imagery Annotation

Posted on 2008-02-22 by Tom Elliott

My query about a Hadrianic boundary marker from Bulgaria was occasioned by a demo that Sean Gillies and I (mostly Sean) worked up for online epigraphic image annotation using some free, open-source software called OpenLayers. Sean blogged about the demo, … Continue reading →

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Query: A Hadrianic boundary marker from Bulgaria

Posted on 2008-02-22 by Tom Elliott

Yesterday I posted an article on my blog entitled “Demarcation between the T(h)races and Moesi“. I have a photograph of an inscribed boundary marker — which clearly belongs to a well-documented instance of boundary demarcation in AD 135 — but … Continue reading →

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Web Change: Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies (Ohio State)

Posted on 2008-02-08 by Tom Elliott

Wendy Watkins writes to alert us to the following: Our College of Humanities people have our new web site up and running.  It is now at www.epigraphy.osu.edu.  All the info is there, but some changes will need to be made. … Continue reading →

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Garrucci 1852: Classis Praetoriae Misenensis Piae Vindicis, Gordianae, Philippianae Monumenta Quae Exstant

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

Garrucci, Raffaele. 1852. Classis Praetoriae Misenensis Piae Vindicis, Gordianae, Philippianae Monumenta Quae Exstant. Neapoli: ex tipis J. Cataneo, OCLC: 23501474 Online: U. Michigan: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015028343963 Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=UOM39015028343963 This work appears (worldcat) to only be held in North America at Michigan … Continue reading →

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Homolle 1887: Les archives de l’intendance sacrée à Délos (315-166 av. J.-C.)

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

Théophile Homolle, Les archives de l’intendance sacrée à Délos (315-166 av. J.-C.), Paris : E. Thorin, 1887, OCLC: 7036183. Digitized October 13, 2005: U. Michigan Online: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015028534348 Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=UOM39015028534348

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Pittakés 1835: L’ancienne Athènes, ou, La description des antiquités d’Athènes et de ses environs

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

Kyriakos S. Pittakés, L’ancienne Athènes, ou, La description des antiquités d’Athènes et de ses environs, Athènes, E. Antoniades, 1835, OCLC: 10216999. Digitized June 6, 2007: U. Michigan On-line: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030329216 Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=UOM39015030329216

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