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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Some seminars of possible interest to epigraphers for the coming term. Cambridge Epigraphic Saturday Organised by Joyce Reynolds Saturday 16th February from 10:30 participants will include Professor Werner Eck University of Durham Wednesday 30 January, 5.30pm [Ritson room] Dr Margherita … Continue reading →

Denis Rousset has drawn our attention to the republication of 15 issues of Bulletin épigraphique 1987-2001 in four volumes: Je vous signale la parution en 4 volumes aux éditions Les Belles Lettres de la réimpression des 15 livraisons du Bulletin … Continue reading →

Tiempo de Historia reports that the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano in Mérida (formerly Augusta Emerita, provincial capital of Lusitania) will host a conference on City and Forum in Roman Lusitania. The programme includes papers with epigraphic content. Full programme … Continue reading →

I was wondering if I could tap the collective help of the denizens of Current Epigraphy to read the photograph of a late-era inscription that my colleague Andrea De Giorgi will soon publish in Anatolica as a part of an … Continue reading →

Here are the latest annoucements from ASGLE that may be of interest to the readers of Current Epigraphy: –CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2009 ASGLE Panel, Joint APA/AIA Meetings, Philadelphia, PA January 8-11: The Publication and Study of Inscriptions in … Continue reading →

It is with sadness that I pass on the unhappy news that Peter Fraser, Greek epigrapher and architect of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, died in the morning of Saturday 15 September. His funeral will take place at Oxford … Continue reading →