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An URL worth of notice

Posted on 2009-02-08 by Joaquín Gómez-Pantoja

Prof. Juan M. Abascal (U. of Alicante) has made of his personal website a gateway to several useful resources for epigraphers: A direct access to the Museo Virtual de Segobriga, the website of this important archaeological site in Central Spain, … Continue reading →

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A new inscription from Gades’ theatre

Posted on 2009-02-03 by Joaquín Gómez-Pantoja

Prof. Alicia Canto directed my attention to this inscription found during archaeological work in the roman theatre of Gades, which is commonly dated in the first Century B.C. (For information on the building’s remains and its situation in Cádiz, see … Continue reading →

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Epigraphy Workshop, University of Oxford (Hilary Term 2009)

Posted on 2009-01-26 by Mat Carbon

An informal discussion group, Mondays, 1-2 pm (bring a sandwich). Venue:  first floor seminar room, Ioannou Classics Centre, 66 St Giles. January 26: Michael Crawford, “Imagines Italicae”  February 2: Dimosthenis Papamarkos, “The honorary decree for Sotas (I. Priene 17)” February 9: Peter … Continue reading →

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Epigraphical Documents: Reflection of Reality or Construction of Historical Knowledge?

Posted on 2009-01-13 by Tom Elliott

The preliminary program has just been posted for the August 2009 conference in Berlin of the Fédération internationale des Associations d’études classiques / International Federation of the Societies of Classical Studies. Among the panels listed there, we find one on … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic titles at BMCR (December 2008):

Posted on 2008-12-04 by Gabriel Bodard

Some titles of possible interest to epigraphists and available for review this month from BMCR: Chaniotis, A., T. Corsten, R.S. Stroud and R.A. Tybout (edd.). Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Volume LIV (2004). Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2008. xxxiii, 916 p. $256.00. ISBN … Continue reading →

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Inscribed Roman Altar from Dalheim

Posted on 2008-10-31 by Gabriel Bodard

David Meadows alerts us to the reports of a newly discovered Roman altar from the archaeological work at Dalheim in Luxembourg: Following previous archaelogical discoveries at the Dalheim dig (see https://www.station.lu/newsDetails.cfm?id=21601, another artefact has been discovered. The site of the … Continue reading →

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A Census of Digital Epigraphy

Posted on 2008-10-29 by Tom Elliott

Dear colleagues and friends: (Apologies for cross-postings to lists. Please feel free to forward to colleagues, students and other discussion fora.) Please send me (tom.elliott@nyu.edu) information about digital projects, publications and computer-aided research in epigraphy. This information will be used … Continue reading →

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A New Epigraphy Blog

Posted on 2008-10-29 by Tom Elliott

(reblogged from Ancient World Bloggers Group): Here’s a hearty welcome to the blogosphere for Marion Lamé, whose Épigraphie en réseau debuts with a post entitled “The Athenian Tribute Lists, A First Bibliography.” She describes the blog thus: Modeler l’informatique aux … Continue reading →

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ASGLE News

Posted on 2008-10-22 by Paul Iversen

Here is the latest news from the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy: – CALL FOR PAPERS, 2010 ASGLE Joint APA/AIA Panel, Orange County (Anaheim), CA January 6-9, 2010 (Wed. – Sat.) Greek and Latin Inscriptions: New Discoveries, organizers: … Continue reading →

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Marcus Nonius Macrinus: the evidence

Posted on 2008-10-17 by Tom Elliott

Over at Bread and Circuses, Adrian Murdoch rounds up the (epigraphic) evidence for M. Nonius Macrinus, whose monumental tomb was recently discovered north of Rome and who supposedly inspired the main character in that Ridley Scott film from 8 years … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic seminars in Britain this semester

Posted on 2008-09-23 by Gabriel Bodard

Several academic seminar programmes are being advertised at the moment. Here is a selection from recent posts that may be of interest to epigraphers: (1) University of Manchester: Classics & Ancient History CA Wed. 22 October, 5.30 pm, Samuel Alexander … Continue reading →

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A slate fragment with Greek exercises(?) from the Foro della Statua Eroica at Ostia

Posted on 2008-09-18 by Tom Elliott

Among Richard Sadler’s latest additions to the Finds page on the Berlin-Kent Ostia Excavations Blog (18 September 2008), we find a fragment of a slate tablet, preserving 6 or more lines of incised Greek, to judge from the photo (I … Continue reading →

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