Category Archives: BES

British Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting

Posted on 2010-01-21 by Claire Taylor

Saturday 24 April, 2010 Trinity College Dublin (In)formal epigraphy This meeting examines formality and informality within epigraphic culture. What different types of formality and informality can we detect in epigraphic material and to what extent is this affected by the … Continue reading →

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Matthew Canepa, ‘Inscriptions, Landscape, and the Built Environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and Iran in Late Antiquity’ (Oxford, November 2009)

Posted on 2009-12-11 by Charlotte Tupman

Paper delivered at the British Epigraphy Society Autumn Colloquium, November 21st, 2009, Oxford. Report by Emma Rix. ‘Inscriptions, Landscape, and the Built Environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and Iran in Late Antiquity’ (Oxford, November 2009) Matthew Canepa, Oxford, November 21 In … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Frood, ‘Claiming Space and Memory: the Development of Priestly Inscriptional Practices in Late New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1190-715 BC)’ (Oxford, November 2009)

Posted on 2009-12-09 by Charlotte Tupman

Paper delivered at the British Epigraphy Society Autumn Colloquium, November 21st, 2009, Oxford. Report by Charlotte Tupman. Claiming Space and Memory: the Development of Priestly Inscriptional Practices in Late New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1190-715 BC) Elizabeth Frood, Oxford, November 21 … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Solopova, ‘The Earliest Runic Inscriptions: Problems of Language and Interpretation’

Posted on 2009-12-03 by Philip Davies

Paper presented at the British Epigraphy Society Autumn Meeting. (Brief Report by Philip Davies) The Earliest Runic Inscriptions: Problems of Language and Interpretation Elizabeth Solopova, Oxford, November 21st, 2009 In keeping with the theme of the British Epigraphy Society’s Autumn … Continue reading →

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Short reports from BES Autumn Meeting

Posted on 2009-11-26 by Gabriel Bodard

Reports given at British Epigraphy Society Autumn Meeting, November 21, 2009. (Brief summary by Gabriel Bodard) 1) Nicholas Milner on recent work at Oinoanda Nicholas reported on the ongoing epigraphic work at the Oinoanda excavations (where he has been resposible … Continue reading →

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Silvia Ferrara, ‘Writing in Cypro-Minoan: Beyond decipherment’

Posted on 2009-11-24 by Gabriel Bodard

Paper presented at British Epigraphy Society Autumn Meeting. (Brief report by Gabriel Bodard) Writing in Cypro-Minoan: Beyond Decipherment. Silvia Ferrara, Oxford,  November 21, 2009 In this paper, Ferrara introduced the audience to problems in the decipherment and interpretation of inscriptions … Continue reading →

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Foreign Epigraphy (Oxford, November 21, 2009)

Posted on 2009-10-30 by Gabriel Bodard

British Epigraphy Society Autumn Colloquium FOREIGN EPIGRAPHY or “Epigraphy, but not as we know it” & XIII Annual General Meeting Saturday, 21 November 2009, MBI Al Jaber Building, Corpus Christi College, Oxford 10.30 (coffee) – 17.30 (close) Full programme at … Continue reading →

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Gray, ‘Reconciliation of the Dikaiopolitans’ (Oxford, May 2, 2009)

Posted on 2009-05-18 by Gabriel Bodard

Paper delivered at the British Epigraphy Society Spring Colloquium, May 2nd, 2009, Oxford. In the first presentation of the day Benjamin Gray gave a very thorough and densely packed study of the recently published decree from the Eretrian colony of … Continue reading →

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A. Chaniotis, ‘From Woman to Woman: Female Voices in Dedicatory Inscriptions’ (Oxford, May 2, 2009)

Posted on 2009-05-13 by Charlotte Tupman

Paper delivered at the British Epigraphy Society Spring Colloquium, May 2nd, 2009, Oxford. The third paper of the Spring Colloquium was an exploration of female voices and emotions in sanctuaries. Chaniotis began by examining the literary evidence for typical female … Continue reading →

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R. Parker & S. Scullion, ‘Priests and Sacrifices at Aixone: the New World of SEG LIV 214’ (Oxford, 2nd May 2009)

Posted on 2009-05-11 by Etienne Dunant

Paper delivered at the BES Spring Colloquium. The final contribution at the 2009 BES Spring Meeting was remarkable by its conciseness, clarity and interest. It was a striking example of how some of our preconceived ideas on ancient Greek practices … Continue reading →

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Ramsey, ‘Reading the Seleucid Inscribed Dossiers’ (Oxford, May 2, 2009)

Posted on 2009-05-08 by Gabriel Bodard

Paper delivered at the British Epigraphy Society Spring Colloquium, May 2nd, 2009, Oxford. The second paper of the day was a summary of arguments taken from a recently awarded PhD dissertation by Gillian Ramsey (Exeter). The purpose of this presentation … Continue reading →

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BES Spring Meeting, Oxford, May 2, 2009

Posted on 2009-04-22 by Gabriel Bodard

Last call for registration for Spring Meeting: 2 May 2009, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Convenor: Robert Parker. 10.45 – 11.15: Coffee & Registration (Hall). 11.15 – 12.00: Ben Gray (Oxford): “After Stasis: the New Fourth-century Reconciliation Agreement of the Dikaiopolitans”. … Continue reading →

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