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

Ross 1854: Alte lokrische inschrift von Chaleion oder oeantheia

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

Ludwig Ross, Alte lokrische inschrift von Chaleion oder oeantheia, Leipzig : B. G. Teubner, 1854, OCLC: 30556781 “mit den Bemerkungen von I. N. Oekonomides” Digitized December 27, 2006: U. Michigan Online: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005903599 Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=UOM39015005903599

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Beulé 1853: L’Acropole d’Athènes

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

Charles Ernest Beulé, L’Acropole d’Athènes, 2 vols., Paris: Firmin Didot frères, 1853-1854, OCLC: 8259327 Includes appendix: Sculptures et inscriptions trouvées dans les fouilles de 1852-1853 Digitized October 15, 2007: U. Michigan Online: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068356396 Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=UOM39015068356396

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Julliot 1865: Catalogue des inscriptions du Musée gallo-romain de Sens

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

M. Gustave Julliot, Catalogue des inscriptions du Musée gallo-romain de Sens, Sens: C. Duchemin, 1865, OCLC: 23424132. Digitized October 13, 2006: U. Michigan Online: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015017652507 Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=UOM39015017652507

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Cholodniak 1897: Carmina sepulcralia latina

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

Iohannes Cholodniak (I I Kholodniak), Carmina sepulcralia latina, Petropoli, Typis academicis, 1897, OCLC 24469385. Digitized July 19, 2006: U. Michigan Online: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015019218810 Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=UOM39015019218810

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Epigraphy in MBooks

Posted on 2008-02-05 by Tom Elliott

The University of Michigan has just announced the digitization of the “millionth” book in their collaborative project with Google. I wondered: what epigraphic works have they scanned to date that are also available in full text. And so begins a … Continue reading →

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Deir el-Bahari in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods, reviewed

Posted on 2008-01-23 by Tom Elliott

BMCR 2008.01.05 = Adam Lajtar, Deir el-Bahari in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods: A Study of an Egyptian Temple Based on Greek Sources. The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Suppl. IV.   Warsaw:  Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University and Fundacja im. Rafala … Continue reading →

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Images of Spolia

Posted on 2008-01-23 by Tom Elliott

Dan Diffendale has started a public group photo pool on flikr devoted to spolia. At present the group has 8 members and 69 images. The images are publicly available. Any flickr member may contribute.

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New and Rare Publications

Posted on 2008-01-22 by Tom Elliott

Readers will have noticed the recent addition of a new author at CurEp, Gil Renberg. Gil has brought with him the idea of a refinement to one of our core functions: the distribution of notices about new publications. Every epigraphist … Continue reading →

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Inscripcions romanes d’Ilici, Lucentum, Allon, Dianium i els seus territoris

Posted on 2008-01-21 by Tom Elliott

Gil Renberg notes that the following work is under-represented in North American and European library collections as indicated by Worldcat: Author: Corell, J. (Josep) Title: Inscripcions romanes d’Ilici, Lucentum, Allon, Dianium i els seus territoris / Josep Corell ; amb … Continue reading →

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Art and Inscriptions in the Ancient World, reviewed

Posted on 2008-01-21 by Tom Elliott

BMCR 2008.01.29 = Zahra Newby, Ruth Leader-Newby, Art and Inscriptions in the Ancient World. Cambridge: 2007. Pp. xvii, 303. $120.00. ISBN 978-0-521-86851-8. Reviewed by Natalie Boymel Kampen.

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CFP last chance: The Publication and Study of Inscriptions in the Age of the Computer

Posted on 2008-01-16 by Tom Elliott

A reminder that proposals for papers to be included in the following panel are due 1 February 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS 2009 ASGLE Joint AIA/APA Panel Philadelphia, PA, January 8-11 2009 The Publication and Study of Inscriptions in the Age … Continue reading →

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Journal: Gephyra

Posted on 2008-01-10 by Tom Elliott

Chuck Jones writes to alert us to a newish, epigraphy-heavy journal that may have escaped the notice of many. Chuck notes that the journal has no ISSN, and each of the three volumes so far produced has been assigned its … Continue reading →

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