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BMCR Reviews of Interest

Posted on 2007-07-16 by Tom Elliott

Sara Saba reviews (BMCR 2007.07.27) Katja Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies: City Foundations and New Settlement in the Hellenistic World, Studia Hellenistica 43, Leuven: Peeters, 2006, ISBN: 9789042917095 (WorldCat Record; NB: BMCR prints an erroneous ISBN). Ruth Scodel reviews (BMCR … Continue reading →

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Louis Robert, Choix d’écrits

Posted on 2007-07-10 by Gabriel Bodard

Just reported on the PAPY discussion list: ROBERT (L.). Choix d’écrits. Éd. D. Rousset, avec la collaboration de Ph. Gauthier et I. Savalli-Lestrade. Présentation par Ph. Gauthier, indices par D. Rousset. Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2007. 800 p. dont 77 … Continue reading →

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Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

Posted on 2007-06-29 by Gabriel Bodard

Joyce Reynolds and colleagues at King’s College London are beginning a three-year project to publish the Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica, along with supporting materials, images, and a detailed geographical gazeteer. From the IRCyr project website (https://ircyr.kcl.ac.uk/): In 1948 Joyce Reynolds, … Continue reading →

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An Old Persian text in the Persepolis Fortification Archive

Posted on 2007-06-18 by Tom Elliott

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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New Acquisitions: ASCSA/BSA May 2007

Posted on 2007-06-12 by Tom Elliott

The Ambrosia Union Catalog of the libraries of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the British School at Athens facilitates searches for recently acquired works of interest. The following list (for May 2007) was assembled from the … Continue reading →

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Letters of Hadrian to the Dionysian Artists at Alexandreia Troas

Posted on 2007-06-11 by Tom Elliott

A post to Rogue Classicism put us on the trail of the following: three new letters of the emperor Hadrian to the association of Dionysiac artists have been published recently: G. Petzl and E. Schwertheim, Hadrian und die dionysischen Künstler. … Continue reading →

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Wallace’s Intro to Wall Inscriptions

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Tom Elliott

Over at ancienthistory.about.com, N.S. Gill has a short overview piece about: Rex Wallace, An Introduction to Wall Inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum, Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2005, ISBN: 086516570X [worldcat record]

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Corrigenda: Greek Sacred Law (Lupu)

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

Recently noted: “Eran Lupu has ‘More Corrections and Some Second Thoughts’ on his book: Greek Sacred Law. A Collection of New Documents (NGSL), Leiden 2005,” ASGLE Newsletter 11.1 (15 May 2007), 6-10. The ASGLE Newsletter is not currently available online. … Continue reading →

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A New Text of IG XII 2 1069

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

A new text is offered by Prof. Elias Kapteanopoulos (Dept. of History, Central Connecticut State University). It has appeared in the following locations: “Elias Kapteanopoulos provides a new text of IG II2 1069,” ASGLE Newsletter 11.1 (15 May 2007), 3-6 … Continue reading →

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ASGLE Newsletter 11.1, 15 May 2007

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Tom Elliott

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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Epigraphic Books for review at BMCR

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Gabriel Bodard

A few titles of possible interest to epigraphers have been reproduced below: see the BMCR website for the full list of titles available this month. BMCR 2007.05.44, BMCR Books Received (May). Titles marked by an asterisk are available for review. … Continue reading →

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Roman military diploma at Brigham Young University library

Posted on 2007-05-31 by Tom Elliott

The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah (U.S.A.) has installed a display featuring a Roman military diploma issued to one Marcus Herennius Polymita during the reign of the Emperor Trajan (dating to 109 CE), along … Continue reading →

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