CFP last chance: The Publication and Study of Inscriptions in the Age of the Computer

Posted on 2008-01-16 by Tom Elliott

A reminder that proposals for papers to be included in the following panel are due 1 February 2008:

CALL FOR PAPERS
2009 ASGLE Joint AIA/APA Panel
Philadelphia, PA, January 8-11 2009

The Publication and Study of Inscriptions in the Age of the Computer
Organized by Paul Iversen and Tom Elliott

The computer age has unleashed powerful new technologies that enhance the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions, yet most scholars, academic institutions and publishing houses are still not comfortable with the idea of publishing inscriptions in a form that takes full advantage of the new possibilities. The Society, therefore, welcomes papers that discuss current or possible future computer-enhanced initiatives in the areas of Greek and Latin Epigraphy. We are particularly interested in papers that discuss theoretical applications of new technologies to the field of epigraphy and the formulation of international standards and protocols of publication and institutional credit, especially digital projects that go well beyond the mere encoding of the appearance of epigraphical sigla and indicia (which is akin to putting old wine into new wineskins) to include the en-coding of semantic and/or observational distinctions.

Abstracts will be adjudicated anonymously by a committee of ASGLE and should not be longer than one page. Please follow the instructions for the format of individual abstracts that will appear in the October issue of the APA Newsletter. Abstracts should be sent to: Paul A. Iversen, ASGLE Secretary-Treasurer, Department of Classics, Case Western Reserve University, 11201 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7111 or paul.iversen (at) cwru.edu. The deadline is February 1, 2008.

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Some epigraphic seminars (UK)

Posted on 2008-01-14 by Gabriel Bodard

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 Facella (University of Pisa)
Jupiter Dolichenus at home: news from the archaeological excavations at Dülük Baba Tepesi

Wednesday 6 February, 5.30pm [Ritson room]
Professor Tony Birley (Vindolanda & Durham)
Religion at Vindolanda

Saturday 3 May 2008
Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting
Programme tba

University of Wales Lampeter

Thursday 17 January @ 6pm (Burgess Lecture Room)
Peter Liddel (Manchester)
‘The decree-cultures of ancient Greece’

New addition:

University of Liverpool

5 February EPIGRAPHY NORTH
Prof. M. H. Crawford
‘Languages, geographies and economies of early Italy’

15 April EPIGRAPHY NORTH
Prof. O. van Nijf
Tbc

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Journal: Gephyra

Posted on 2008-01-10 by Tom Elliott

Chuck Jones writes to alert us to a newish, epigraphy-heavy journal that may have escaped the notice of many. Chuck notes that the journal has no ISSN, and each of the three volumes so far produced has been assigned its own ISBN:

  • Gephyra. Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur der Antike auf dem Gebiet der heutigen Türkei = Günümüz Türkiyesinin antik devirdeki tarihi ve kültürü için dergi, Ege Yayinlari, Istanbul (Johannes Nollé and Sencer Sahin, eds.)

Harrassowitz can supply it to libraries on subscription.

Indeed, Worldcat shows only one set in a library outside Turkey (DePauw).

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Epigraphy at APA/AIA 2008

Posted on 2008-01-03 by Tom Elliott

UPDATE: added links to all the abstracts I could find

The following sessions at the joint annual meetings of the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America look epigraphical:

Friday, 4 January

Saturday, 5 January

  • The Objects of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, sponsored by the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (Regency B; 9:00 a.m. – noon; Catherine M. Keesling, organizer; evidently no abstracts available online)
    • Inscribing Laws and the Emergence of Monumental Writing in Ancient Greece (Julia Lougovaya, Columbia University)
    • Graffiti Inscriptions on Pottery from Azoria, Crete: Mixed Ethnicities? (William C. West, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    • Instructions on Stone: Leges Sacrae on Stone Offering Boxes (Thesauroi) (Isabelle A. Pafford, San Francisco State University)
    • The Uses of Sundials (George W. Houston, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    • How to Read an Ossuary Inscription (Jonathan Price, Tel Aviv University)
    • Recommended by Doctors: Writing Change in Roman Britain (Carolynn Roncaglia, University of California, Berkeley)
  • Italian Epigraphy (Columbus Hall IJ; 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.; Clifford Ando, presider)

I’ll blog later today about geographical space-and-place talks, as well as sessions touching on digital humanities. That will be over at horothesia.

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Available for review from BMCR

Posted on 2008-01-02 by Gabriel Bodard

The following titles of possible interest to epigraphers are available for review from BMCR this month (see BMCR 2008.01.01):

Bauer, Franz Alto, and Christian Witschel, Statuen in der Spaetantike. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert, 2007. Pp. 500; ills. 200. EUR 98.00. ISBN 978-3-89500-576-3.

Koch, Guntram (ed.), Akten des Symposiums des Sarkophag-Corpus 2001. Marburg, 2. bis 7 Juli 2001. Sarkophag-Studien Band 3. Mainz am Rhein: von Zabern, 2007. Pp. xii, 354; ills. 32, pls. 120. Tafeln. EUR 98.50. ISBN 978-3-8053-3501-0.

Rayboud, Marilynne E., and Patrick Sims-Williams (edd. and trans.), A Corpus of Latin Inscriptions of the Roman Empire Containing Celtic Personal Names. Aberystwyth, Wales: CMCS Publications, Department of Welsh, Old College, 2007. Pp. ix, 284; maps 2. GBP 18.00. ISBN 978-0-9527478-7-1.

Rayboud, Marilynne E., and Patrick Sims-Williams (edd.), The Geography of Celtic Personal Names in the Latin Inscriptions of the Roman Empire. Aberystwyth, Wales: CMCS Publications, Department of Welsh, Old College, 2007. Pp. v, 210; maps 3. GBP 18.00. ISBN 978-0-9527478-6-4.

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ZPE 161 in press

Posted on 2007-12-17 by Tom Elliott

Over at What’s New in Papyrology, Gregg Schwendner noted that Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigrafik 161 is now in press, and he provides:

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Bulletin épigraphique 1987-2001 reprinted in four volumes

Posted on 2007-12-17 by Charlotte Tupman

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 épigraphique.

1987-1989

1990-1993

1994-1997

1998-2001

En espérant que ces volumes paraîtront utiles et seront largement achetés par les bibliothèques je vous envoie mes salutations cordiales,

Denis Rousset
Member of the School of Historical Studies 2007-08
Institute for Advanced Study
Einstein Drive
NJ 08540 Princeton

Directeur d’études à l’École pratique des hautes études
Épigraphie grecque et géographie historique du monde hellénique
https://www2.ephe.sorbonne.fr/enseignants/4rousset.htm

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AIEGL election results

Posted on 2007-12-12 by Gabriel Bodard

An email has just been circulated announcing the results of the AIEGL elections:

A norma dello Statuto, per il periodo 2008-2012, il Bureau sarà così composto

Presidente Stephen MITCHELL
Vice-Presidente Manfred SCHMIDT
Segretario Generale Angela DONATI
Segretario Generale aggiunto Christian WITSCHELL
Tesoriere Anne KOLB

I’ve not seen this information on the AIEGL website yet (where is the AIEGL website anyway?–the three options thrown up by Google all seem either out of date or non-functional; I suppose aiegl.com is the most promising).

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Mérida, 13-15th December 2007: Coloquio internacional sobre ciudad y foro en la Lusitania romana

Posted on 2007-12-12 by Charlotte Tupman

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

Del 13 al 15 de diciembre de 2007 se celebra en el Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, en Mérida (Badajoz) un coloquio internacional titulado Ciudad y foro en la Lusitania romana, organizado por dicho museo, adscrito a la Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales del Ministerio de Cultura. En este encuentro se analiza el proceso de monumentalización de la Lusitania romana, que “viene siendo en los últimos años objeto de atención de numerosos investigadores que, desde diversas ópticas, han analizado aspectos distintos pero complementarios”. A las Mesas Internacionales de Lusitania, la última celebrada con gran éxito el pasado noviembre en la Universidad de Toulouse, se han venido a unir la serie Studia Lusitana, ya en su III volumen, y monografías auspiciadas por centros luso-españoles de distinta titularidad, que van cubriendo una laguna en la oferta bibliográfica internacional. Este encuentro pretende ser “una puesta al día de los avances que la arqueología urbana nos ha deparado, especialmente en algunos importantes núcleos urbanos luso-españoles. Esta actualización será una útil herramienta de consulta y reflexión, que se verá recogida en su correspondiente monografía dentro de la citada serie Studia Lusitana”.

Según informó el Ministerio de Cultura, “A lo largo de tres densas jornadas se debatirán, procurando tocar todos los temas involucrados en el proceso de monumentalización forense, los ejemplos mejor conocidos.
Animamos a todos los estudiantes, investigadores o simples interesados en este tema a participar de estas jornadas en el Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, que se verán complementadas por los debates y visitas complementarias. Están solicitados créditos para los alumnos de la Universidad de Extremadura y de la UNED, que se convalidarán según las normas de cada universidad”.

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Paris, 14-15 décembre 2007: Mouvements et Trajectoires dans les nécropole d’Italie

Posted on 2007-12-05 by Gabriel Bodard

Mouvements et Trajectoires dans les nécropoles d’Italie d’époque pré-républicaine et républicaine

14 et 15 décembre 2007, ENS, 29 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris

Full programme.

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Funerary inscriptions from Isola Sacra (Ostia) – a new edition

Posted on 2007-11-29 by Kalle Korhonen

Le iscrizioni sepolcrali latine nell’Isola Sacra.
Ed. A. Helttula, Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae 30, Helsinki 2007.

This is a new edition which replaces Inscriptions du Port d’Ostie by H. Thylander (1951-52).

Available through Tiedekirja, Helsinki (www.tiedekirja.fi).

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Help reading a Christian inscription spotted in Imma (near Antioch)

Posted on 2007-11-08 by Paul Iversen

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 article detailing a survey of Antioch’s territory. The inscription was spotted in Yeni Şehir (ancient Imma), which is a village that sits on the Antioch-Chalcis-Beorea road about 55 km east of Antioch. It was last seen in 1999 and this photograph is its only known record at this point.

I’ve got a preliminary text, but significant parts of the third and fifth lines have me stumped.

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