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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New numismatics publications from Moneta

Posted on 2007-11-06 by Charlotte Tupman

Georges Depeyrot writes to inform us of new volumes in the Moneta series:

In 2006, Moneta published 11 volumes (2714 pages, 37 plates of drawings and 138 plates of photos).

This year, Moneta published 10 volumes (2880 pages, 26 plates of drawings and 80 plates of
photos).

In 2008, about 11 or 12 new books will be published on coins, numismatics,
and monetary economy. The first ones will be devoted to the medieval and
modern coinage of Stavelot (Belgium), to the ancient coin finds in France,
Romania and in Poland, etc.

Moneta publishes books in various languages including French, English, and German.

The “e-papers” sections contents pdf documentation to be downloaded (Cohen,
old publications, informations, coin finds, etc.).

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Epigraphic titles received by BMCR (October)

Posted on 2007-11-05 by Gabriel Bodard

Titles of possible interest to epigraphers exerpted from BMCR 2007.11.01 (received in October or still available from previous months):

*Breeze, David J., Roman Frontiers in Britain. Classical World Series. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2007. Pp. 103. $20.00 (pb). ISBN 978-185399-6986.

*Bresson, Alain, L’économie de la Grèce des cités (fin VIe-Ier siècle a.C.). I. Les structures et la production. Collection U. Histoire. Paris: Armand Colin, 2007. Pp. 264. (pb). ISBN 978-2-2002-6504-5.

*Canali De Rossi, Filippo, Filius Publicus. Huios tês Poleês e titoli affini in iscrzioni greche di età imperiale. Studi sul vocabolario dell’evergesia, 1. Roma: Herder Editrice e Libreria, 2007. Pp. xi, 272. EUR 40.00 (pb). ISBN 978-88-89670-24-8.

*Chioffi, Laura, La collezione epigrafica di Camillo Pellegrino a Casapulla. Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 2007. Pp. 45; figs. 31. EUR 16.50 (pb). ISBN 978-88-7140-338-X.

*Sidebotham, Steven E., and Willeke Wendrich (edd.), Berenike 1999/2000. Report on the Excavations at Berenike, including Excavations in Wadi Kalalat and Siket, and the Survey of the Mons Smaragdus Region. Cotsen Monographs, 56. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, 2007. Pp. xix, 404; tbls. 30, figs. 171, pls. 206, maps 2. $40.00 (pb). ISBN 978-1-931745-28-4.

*Mitchell, Stephen, and Constantina Katsari (edd.), Patterns in the Economy of Roman Asia Minor. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales, 2005. Pp. xii, 335. $79.50. ISBN 978-1-905125-02-9.

*Mattingly, David J. (ed.), The Archaeology of Fazzan. Volume 2, Site Gazetteer, Pottery and Other Survey Finds. Society for Libyan Studies Monograph 7. London: The Society for Libyan Studies and Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahariya Department of Antiquities, 2007. Pp. xxix, 522; figs. and tables. GBP 50.00. ISBN 978-1-900971-05-4.

*Schumacher, Leonhard (ed.), Corpus der rômischen Rechtsquellen zur antiken Sklaverei (CRRS). Teil VI. Stellung des Sklaven im Sakralrecht. Forschungen zur antiken Sklaverei, Beiheft 3. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2006. Pp. xxiii, 126. EUR 36.00. ISBN 978-3-515-08977-7.

*Eiteljorg, Harrison, II, and W. Fredrick Limp, Archaeological Computing. Bryn Mawr: Center for the Study of Architecture, 2007. Pp. 244.

*Herda, Alexander, Der Apollo-Delphinios-Kult in Milet und die Neujahrsprozession nach Didyma. Ein neuer Kommentar der sog. Molpoi-Satzung. Milesische Forschungen, 4. Mainz am Rhein: von Zabern, 2006. Pp. xiv, 543; ills. 22. EUR 65.00. ISBN 978-3-8053-3560-7.

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Review of Scheid, Res Gestae Divi Augusti

Posted on 2007-10-28 by Gabriel Bodard

Reviewed in BMCR 2007.10.40:

John Scheid, Res gestae divi Augusti. Hauts faits du divin Auguste. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2007. Pp. ccxxiv, 126; figs. 4. ISBN 978-2-251-01446-3. €49.00 (pb).

Reviewed by Josiah Osgood, Georgetown

In this detailed and critical review Osgood praises the thorough and perfectly up-to-date edition of the Res Gestae, a work that encapsulates the field and serves as a milestone for scholarship. Although he is not sparing of those occasional places where he feels Scheid’s analysis or references to secondary sources could be better (or could have diffrent emphasis), he summarises:

But however scholars choose to interpret Augustus’ Achievements, the task will now begin with Scheid’s outstanding edition. In reconstituting the text itself, above all, it represents a great advance.

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