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CIEGL XIII: First Plenary Session, ‘Epigraphy and Religion’

The conference opened with a first plenary session which featured informative lectures by two prominent experts in the fields of Greek and Roman religion respectively. Robert Parker (New College, University of Oxford) offered an overview of the value of inscriptions, … Continue reading

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Conference: Electronic Corpora of Ancient Languages

Posted to the Digital Classicist list (from ancientpglinguistics) by Kalle Korhonen. This event ought to be of interest to anyone involved in: EpiDoc publications; EAGLE and other databases; APIS and other papyrological corpora; digital or analogue linguistic study of documentary … Continue reading

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EDH: Photographic Database online

The Photographic Database, a subsidiary database of the Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg has gone online. See Content / Search

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An Old Persian text in the Persepolis Fortification Archive

Chuck Jones writes: For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay … Continue reading

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Convegno Napoli: Atleti e artisti a Neapolis

Napoli (Italia): 29 giugno 2007. – Programma.

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Call for contributions: workshops and conferences

Recently, we’ve posted announcements and programs for several interesting colloquia and lectures, including: Athletes and Artists in Naples (29 June 2007) Public opinion and forms of communication at Rome (21-23 June 2007) Roman epigraphy in Sardinia (14-15 July 2007) Only … Continue reading

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Congresso: Epigrafia romana in Sardegna

Sant’Antiocho (Sardegna, Italia): 14-15 luglio 2007 — Programma

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Colloquio Borghesi 2007: “Opinione pubblica e forme di comunicazione a Roma. Il linguaggio dell’epigrafia”

Bertinoro (Italia), 21-23 giugno 2007 – Informazioni e programma

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The Culture of Water in Roman Baetica

A post at Noticias de Historia Antigua alerted us to Amalia Rodríguez’s piece, “La Cultura del agua en la Bética Romana” (Anadlucía Investiga, 11 June 2007), which details the newly funded cartographic and epigraphic study: Researchers in the Ancient History … Continue reading

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Job and Phd studentship at Oxford

Noted via a post by Melissa Terras to the Digital Classicist list: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FACULTY OF CLASSICS Sub-Faculty of Ancient History E-Science, Imaging Technology and Ancient Documents Applications are invited for two posts for which funding has been secured … Continue reading

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Request for bibliography: Greek inscriptions of Aïn Labakha

Françoise Dunand asks: Quelqu’un pourrait-il me dire où et quand ont été publiées les corrections apportées à la publication par G. Wagner des inscriptions grecques d’Aïn Labakha dans ZPE 111, 1996, p. 97-114? Merci d’avance. Please direct replies to Professor … Continue reading

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ASGLE Newsletter 11.1, 15 May 2007

The latest issue of the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy Newsletter has arrived. Paul Iversen (secretary-treasurer) informs us via email that he hopes to begin posting newsletter issues, including back issues, on the ASGLE website beginning fall 2007. … Continue reading

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