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Database of Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae

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[First posted in AWOL 15 November 2013, updated 13 May 2018] 

 The Composition of Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae
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Welcome to the database of sites and sources of Byzantine mosaic glass tesserae. Follow the links on the left to enter one of three databases:
  1. 'Structures' records buildings (4C-15C) where we have archaeological evidence (finds) of glass wall mosaics.
  2. 'Texts' contains records of primary Byzantine sources which mention mosaics (in development).
  3. 'References' is a bibliographical database of modern scientific publications about glass mosaics.
The databases can be searched or browsed for information and the method should be straight forward.

Notes:

  • We have not included structures for which there is only evidence of glass mosaics on floors.
  • The database does not contain records of mosaic icons.
  • Names: we have used mostly Byzantine names of places so Nicaea, not Iznik; Constantinople, not Istanbul. Building names are given in English, unless mostly known in the wider world in their original language (hence Rome, not Roma; Hagia Sophia, not Holy Wisdom).
  • Spelling: we have followed the spelling of the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Hence: Demetrios, not Dimitrius; Photios, not Photius.
  • We have only included buildings that are no longer extant if the mosaics survive elsewhere (the only exception to this is the record for Odalar Camii).
  • 'Unknown' can designate that it really is unknown or that research of published data has not produce an answer yet
  • The structure database allows you to search for structures and mosaics between dates. Chose the early century in "Century of xxx 1' and the later or the same in 'Century of xxx 2'.
The databases have been designed and constructed by the University of Sussex Web Team in collaboration with Bente Bjornholt, the Leverhulme Network Facilitator. The Director of the Network Liz James and Bente wish to thank everyone in and associated with the Network who has contributed. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact the current researcher Wendy Watson: EWendywuwatson@aol.com, Bente: EB.K.Bjornholt@sussex.ac.uk or Liz: Ee.james@sussex.ac.uk.
And see also the Glossary of Mosaic Terms

Open Access Journal: e-δialogos: Annual digital journal on research in Conservation and Cultural Heritage

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A bibliography for Aegean glyptic in the Bronze Age

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Propylaeum-eBOOKS: 'Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel' - ein weiterer Band ist online
Avatar of Katrin BemmannKatrin Bemmann - 14. May 2018 - Aktuelles
Das 4. Beiheft des 'Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel'"A bibliography for Aegean glyptic in the Bronze Age" steht jetzt online in Propylaeum-eBOOKS zum Download bereit. Neben dem Autorenindex, sind die bibliographierten Titel zusätzlich über einen thematischen und topographischen Index recherchierbar. 

Weitere Bände des Corpus finden Sie hier.


Open Access Journal: Topoi. Orient-Occident

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[First posted in AWOL 29 March 2016, updated 14 My 2018]

Topoi. Orient-Occident
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La revue Topoi paraît depuis 1991, avec des suppléments thématiques regroupant les actes d’un colloque ou des mélanges dédiés à un savant. La Méditerranée orientale, l’Égypte, le Proche Orient, de l’archaïsme à l’époque tardo-romaine sont au coeur des intérêts de la revue, avec quelques axes privilégiés : Orient hellénisé, économie, temples et sanctuaires, interactions culturelles… D’autres périodes, d’autres régions (monde indien ou Asie centrale, Occident grec) ou d’autres thèmes (histoire environnementale) trouvent leur place dans la revue dont une des originalités est de faire une grande place aux comptes rendus et aux débats.

Available periods  :

1991-1999

2010-...

Nikephoros Bibliography of Sport in Antiquity

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Nikephoros Bibliography of Sport in Antiquity
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Die Bibliographie zum antiken Sport erscheint seit 1989 kontinuierlich in den Bänden von NIKEPHOROS. Zunächst betreut von Wolfgang Decker, wird sie seit dem Band NIKEPHOROS 25 (2012) von Zinon Papakonstantinou (University of Illinois at Chicago) und Sofie Remijsen (Universität Amsterdam) erstellt.

Includes publications on ancient sport since 1986,based on the annual bibliographies inNikephoros.

Although we aim for a complete database of publications on sport in Antiquity, we are aware that some publications have thus far escaped our attention. For SUGGESTIONS and ADDITIONS (e.g. missing publications, keywords, etc.), please fill out the contact form. Also publications from before 1986 and recent publications can be suggested.

Open Access Journal: Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

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[First posted in AWOL 14 September 2012, updated 14 May 2018]

Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome
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Opuscula is published yearly by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome. First issued in 2008 (no. 1), Opuscula replaces the annuals Opuscula Atheniensia and Opuscula Romana published by the Swedish Institute at Athens and the Swedish Institute in Rome respectively.
The annual contains articles within classical archaeology, ancient history, art, architecture and philology, as well as book reviews within these subjects. Reports of fieldwork carried out under the supervision of the Institutes at Athens and Rome are regularly reported on in the Opuscula.
The annual welcomes contributions pertaining to the ancient Mediterranean world (prehistory to Late Antiquity) and the Classical tradition and drawing on archaeological, historical and philological studies; also, contributions dealing with later periods in the areas, especially in the fields of art, architecture, history and cultural heritage.
Opuscula is a refereed periodical, available in print and with Open Access six months after publication.
Opuscula 10 | 2017 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 10 | 2017

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 195 pages, 2017, Opuscula.
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Opuscula 9 | 2016 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 9 | 2016

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 297 pages, 2016, Opuscula no. 9.
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Opuscula 8 | 2015 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 8 | 2015

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 196 pages, 2015, Opuscula no. 8.
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Opuscula 7 | 2014  Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 7 | 2014

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 257 pages, 2014, Opuscula no. 7.
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Opuscula 6 | 2013 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 6 | 2013

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 358 pages, 2013, Opuscula no. 6.
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Opuscula 5 | 2012 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 5 | 2012

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 204 pages, 2012, Opuscula no. 5.
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Opuscula 4 | 2011 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 4 | 2011

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 173 pages, 2011, Opuscula.
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Opuscula 3 | 2010 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 3 | 2010

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome , 224 pages, 2010, Opuscula.
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Opuscula 2 | 2009 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 2 | 2009

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome , 232 pages, 2010, Opuscula no. 2.
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Opuscula 1 | 2008 Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome

Opuscula 1 | 2008

Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 198 pages, 2008, Opuscula no. 2008.
By Brita Alroth (ed.)
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SEK 800

Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age

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Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age
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ISBN: 978‑1‑78735‑281‑0
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About the book

Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age explores the nature of digital objects in museums, asking us to question our assumptions about the material, social, and political foundations of digital practices. Through four wide-ranging chapters, each focused on a single object – a box, pen, effigy and cloak – this short, accessible book explores the legacies of earlier museum practices of collection, older forms of media (from dioramas to photography), and theories of how knowledge is produced in museums on a wide range of digital projects. Swooping from Ethnographic to Decorative Arts Collections, from the Google Art Project, to bespoke digital experiments, Haidy Geismar explores the object lessons contained in digital form and asks what they can tell us about both the past and the future.

About the author

Haidy Geismar is Reader in Anthropology at UCL where she directs the Digital Anthropology Masters Programme and Centre for Digital Anthropology. She is also the curator of the UCL Ethnography Collections. She has long term fieldwork experience in the South Pacific and within museums in the Pacific, North America and Europe Recent publications include Moving Images (2010), Treasured Possessions (2013), and The Routledge Cultural Property Reader(with Jane Anderson, 2017).

Open Access Journal: Pegasus: The Journal of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter

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Pegasus: The Journal of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter
ISSN: 0308-2431
Pegasus is the Journal of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. It was established in 1964 and is currently edited by a board of postgraduates. The journal focuses on multifarious aspects of the ancient world, the Exeter Department of Classics and Ancient History, as well as the Classical World in Devon.
We aim to include a mixture of both the scholarly and the absurd (“Difficult to tell which is which”, an anonymous reader once commented). Regular features include pieces by staff and students, book reviews and interviews with people from the world of Classics, both within and outside the department. In addition, we welcome submissions from our readers. For alumni and former staff members, Pegasus is a great way of staying in touch with the department and keeping up with departmental news.
For more details about issue no. 57 (2014) please click here.
Past issues have included the Jackson Knight Memorial Lectures, articles by students (including J.K. Rowling), contests, artwork and poetry. An index of previous articles is available on this site. Many of these issues are still available to order. As of 2013, you can also read all back issues (save those published in the last five years) as PDFs on our website.
The Lawerence Shenfield Prize runner-up articles are also published on this website, and can be found here.


Back Issues

On this page, you will find links to all previous issues of Pegasus (with the exception of those published in the last five years).
Wondering which issue to read next? Click here for a list of all articles by issue.

Please click on the links to read each issue:

Issue One (1964); Issue Two (1964); Issue Three (1965); Issue Four (1965); Issue Five (1966); Issue Six (1966); Issue Seven (1967); Issue Eight (1967); Issue Nine (1967); Issue Ten (1968); Issue 11 (1969); Issue 12 (1969); Issue 13 (1971); Issue 14 (1972); Issue 15 (1973); Issue 16 (1973); Issue 17 (1974); Issue 18 (1975); Issue 19 (1976); Issue 20 (1977); Issue 21 (1978), Issue 22 (1979); Issue 23 (1980); Issue 24 (1981); Issue 25 (1982); Issue 26 (1983); Issue 27 (1984); Issue 28 (1985); Issue 29 (1986); Issue 30 (1987); Issue 31 (1988); Issue 32 (1989); Issue 33 (1990); Issue 34 (1991); Issue 35 (1992); Issue 36 (1993); Issue 37 (1994); Issue 38 (1995); Issue 39 (1996); Issue 40 (1997); Issue 41 (1998); Issue 42 (1999)): Issue 43 (2000); Issue 44 (2001); Issue 45 (2002); Issue 46 (2003); Issue 47 (2004); Issue 48 (2005); Issue 49 (2006); Issue 50 (2007); Issue 51 (2008); Issue 52 (2009).

Newly added to Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis Online, May 15 2018

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Newly added to Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis Online
Lehmann, Reinhard G (1994). Friedrich Delitzsch und der Babel-Bibel-Streit. Freiburg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: Universitätsverlag / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Schart, Aaron (1990). Mose und Israel im Konflikt: Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche Studie zu den Wüstenerzählungen. Freiburg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: Universitätsverlag / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Stipp, Hermann-Josef (1994). Das masoretische und alexandrinische Sondergut des Jeremiabuches: Textgeschichtlicher Rang, Eigenarten, Triebkräfte. Freiburg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: Universitätsverlag / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Bauer, Josef; Englund, Robert K.; Krebernik, Manfred (1998). Mesopotamien: Späturuk-Zeit und Frühdynastische Zeit. Freiburg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: Universitätsverlag / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Brunner, Hellmut (1988). Das hörende Herz: Kleine Schriften zur Religions- und Geistesgeschichte Ägyptens. Freiburg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: Universitätsverlag / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Open Access Journal: Indian Archaeology - A Review

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[First posted in AWOL 31 August 2009. Updated 16 May  2018 (links to recent volumes updated)]

Indian Archaeology - A Review
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‘Ancient India’ the Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India was started in 1946, which contained general and research articles on different aspects of archaeology in India and adjacent countries.

The first issue of ‘Indian Archaeology 1953-54 - A Review’ was published in 1954, which provides information about all important archaeological activities carried out in the country each year. The latest one published is the issue for the year 1999-2000 and two issues for the year 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 are in press. The remaining issues are in the various stages of preparation. [more]
Indian Archaeology - A Review volumes online:

Recent volumes:
Indian Archaeology A Review 2013-2014.

Indian Archaeology A Review 2012-2013.

Indian Archaeology A Review 2011-2012.

Indian Archaeology A Review 2010-2011.

Indian Archaeology A Review 2009-2010.

Indian Archaeology A Review 2008-2009.

Indian Archaeology A Review 2007-2008.

Indian Archaeology A Review 2006-2007.
Back issues:
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1953-54, ed., A. Ghosh (1954, reprint 1993)
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2 1954-55, ed., A. Ghosh (1955, reprint 1993)
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3 1955-56, ed., A. Ghosh (1956, reprint 1993)
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4 1956-57, ed., A. Ghosh (1957, reprint 1993)
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5 1957-58, ed., A. Ghosh (1958, reprint 1993)
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6 1958-59, ed., A. Ghosh (1959, reprint 1996)
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7 1959-60, ed., A. Ghosh (1960, reprint 1996)
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8 1960-61, ed., A. Ghosh (1961, reprint 1996)
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9 1961-62, ed., A. Ghosh (1964)
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10 1962-63, ed., A. Ghosh (1965)
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11 1963-64, ed., A. Ghosh (1967)
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12 1964-65, ed., A. Ghosh (1969)
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13 1965-66, ed., A. Ghosh (1973)
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14 1966-67, ed., M.N. Deshpande (1975)
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15 1967-68, ed., B.B. Lal (1968)
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16 1968-69, ed., B.B. Lal (1971)
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17 1969-70, ed., B.B. Lal (1973)
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18 1970-71, ed., M.N. Deshpande (1974)
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19 1971-72, ed., M.N. Deshpande (1975)
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20 1972-73, ed., M.N. Deshpande (1978)
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21 1973-74, ed., B.K. Thapar (1979)
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22 1974-75, ed., B.K. Thapar (1979)
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23 1975-76, ed., B.K. Thapar (1979)
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24 1976-77, ed., B.K. Thapar (1980)
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25 1977-78, ed., B.K. Thapar (1980)
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26 1978-79, ed., B.K. Thapar (1981)
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27 1979-80, ed., Debala Mitra (1983)
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28 1980-81, ed., Debala Mitra (1983)
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29 1981-82, ed., Debala Mitra (1984)
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30 1982-83, ed., M.S. Nagaraja Rao (1985)
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31 1983-84, ed., M.S. Nagaraja Rao (1986)
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32 1984-85, ed., R.C. Tripathi (1987)
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33 1985-86, ed., J.P. Joshi (1990)
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35 1987-88, ed., M.C. Joshi (1993)
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37 1989-90, ed., S.K. Mahapatra (1994)
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38 1990-91, ed., S.K. Mahapatra (1995)
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39 1991-92, ed., B.P. Singh (1996)
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40 1992-93, ed., Ajai Shankar (1997)
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41 1993-94, ed., R.S. Bisht, C. Dorji and Arundhati Banerji (2000)
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42 1994-95, ed., Hari Manjhi, C. Dorji and Arundhati Banerji (2000)
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New Open Access Journal: NEO: The Classics Students' Journal

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NEO: The Classics Students' Journal
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​In March 2016, five Classics students at the University of Roehampton came together with the idea of creating a journal with the sole purpose of publishing the very best work produced by undergraduate and graduate students; NEO – The Classics Students' Journal was founded. 
A journal by students, for students. Our main objective here at NEO is to foster the academic progression of students and early career researchers. We only publish work of the highest creativity and scholarly quality so that we might provide a creditable avenue for the key first steps in an academic career. We also want to give our authors their first and necessary contact with the demanding standards of the professional academic world. We publish original graduate and undergraduate studies that may have arisen from university assessments or from papers presented at academic meetings and conferences. Our double peer-review system ensures the excellence of the papers contained within NEO and, by extent, the authors who succeed in being published with us. We believe that the opportunities created by this journal will encourage confidence, provide additional motivation for students to excel in their studies, and enable us to exhibit some of the outstanding and academically contributing work produced inside the university Classics classroom.
Volume 1 (2017)
Table of Contents
Catharine Buntrock | Ovid’s exploration of the psychological self: depictions of gender and identity in the story of Iphis in the Metamorphoses

Anwen Hayward | Between bodies: the transformation of Iphis’ sex in Ovid's Metamorphoses

Ian Ramskill | Horace Odes 3.14: a pragmatic and welcome acceptance of the early Pax Augusta

Christopher J. Lyes | Rethinking the Lapis Niger

Pedro Schmidt | Gemitus Renovatus: Aspects of Lucan's Bellum Civile in the Waltharius

Kyo-Sun Koo | The three basic principles of Philolaus

Rebecca Batty | Arachne as artist in Metamorphoses Book 6
 

Trismegistos Archives Updated

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Trismegistos Archives
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Most papyri are not found as individual items, but in groups, which are called "archives" by the papyrologists. Ideally such an archive is discovered by an archaeologist, who then describes in detail the order in which the texts were put down in antiquity (often in a jar or bundled in cloth). In fact, most papyri are found in clandestine excavations (though new finds such as those in Kellis, in the eastern oasis and in the Italian-French excavations at Tebtynis are better documented), and archives have to be reconstructed on the basis of the contents of the papyri and indications of a common purchase. A common find is not enough to make an archive, and therefore a rubbish heap, a dump of papyri, papyri found in the same house or temple or reused for the same mummy cartonnage (see for instance the archive of Leon) do not constitute by themselves archives. An archive is a group of texts which were collected in antiquity with a specific purpose (see bibliography). The purpose may even be to discard some items from a larger archive and then throw them away.
In the database we have collected information of more than 500 archives, dated between the 6th century BC and the 7th century AD in Greek, Latin, Demotic, Coptic, Arabic and a mixture of all these. For each archive the user can access the individual texts, now amounting to nearly 20,000 records. Hundred and thirty archives have already received a full description in PDF format; these are marked with the symbol + before the name. The 145 archives of the Fayum area, the ancient nomos Arsinoites, and 21 archives of the Upper Egyptian town of Pathyris have also been published in the series Collectanea Hellenistica (see Archives projects).
On the basis of the archive keepers a distinction can be made between public and private archives. The former were collected by an official or an administrative body, the latter by a private person or a group of persons. Typical examples of public archives are the tax lists of Karanis, the so-called archive of Menches (in fact the archive of the village scribes of Kerkeosiris) and the enteuxeis found at Magdola. Private archives may be owned by a single individual (e.g. Claudius Tiberianus) or by successive generations, in which case we can call them family archives (e.g. the Dryton archive). In several cases officials kept part of their administrative papers when retiring from office and even mixed them up with their private correspondence. Such mixed archives are preserved for the engineers Kleon and Theodoros and for Apollonios, the strategos of the Heptakomia.
A division by type of documents only partly coincides with that by archive keepers. Many private archives largely consists of title deeds, documents proving ownership rights over immovables, and receipts, showing that the archive keeper has paid his dues to other persons or to the state. This is particularly common with demotic texts. Archives linked with law-suits can be private (e.g. the lawsuit of Lamiske or that of Isidoros) or official (e.g. the enteuxeis or the petitions addressed to the village epistates of Euhemereia). Some archives consists entirely of correspondence, usually incoming, but also drafts or copies of incoming letters; examples are the private archive of Apollonios and the official archive of the oikonomos Harmachis. Few archives consists of a single type of documents, but in most there is a dominant factor, which we have tried to recognize.
The archive keeper has kept the documents for a certain use, which we have reconstructed wherever possible. Most documents are incoming or outgoing. Incoming documents were written by third persons for the archive keeper(s), e.g. letters, contracts or receipts for private persons, petitions or reports to officials. Outgoing documents are written by (or in the name of) the archive keepers; usually they are drafts or copies, the originals being sent or given to another party. Sometimes outgoing copies are returned to the sender, with an official subscription. They appear not only in private archives, but also in official archives (e.g. the land survey reports by the village scribe Menches). Sometimes older title-deeds end up in the hands of an archive keeper together with immovable property; they are incoming in an indirect way. In a law-suit dossier legal texts may be incorporated as precedents. There are also internal documents, mostly lists and accounts. The balance between incoming and outgoing documents, and the possible presence of unexplained "intruders" determines the typology of an archive as much as the type of archive owner(s) and the type of documents.

Papyrus Stories: Ancient Lives from the Ancient Past

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Papyrus Stories: Ancient Lives from the Ancient Past
Life in the ancient world, before the development of modern medicine, was hard. Child mortality rates were high, life-expectancy was much lower than it is today, and illnesses and injuries that are easily cured now were often fatal. Life out in the oases of the western desert must have been especially difficult.
For the past three decades, a team of researchers from Monash University led by Colin Hope have excavated the village Kellis, modern Ismant el-Kharab, in Dakhleh Oasis. This work resulted in the discovery of hundreds of Greek and Coptic documents, as well as a smaller number written in Syriac, found within buildings of the village and dating to the fourth century CE. They provide insights into different aspects of the lives of the inhabitants, mostly contained in letters that villagers wrote to family members working in the Nile Valley. The letters are full of details about daily affairs going on at home, keeping the absentees up-to-date with what they were missing. Among the business matters that are related, and general greetings, are topics of a less happy nature...

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ṭuppu
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Academics today occupy a precarious position. The voices that glorify the profession are often drowned out by those that denigratingly claim its redundancy. However, what is most worrying, is that the larger part of the population is indifferent to the matter. And who can blame them? Knowledge for knowledge’s sake does not concern the man in the street. We, academicians, must plead guilty; all too often do we retreat to our ivory tower, speaking a language that only our peers can understand. We may frown upon the laymen with their outdated and false information about our fields of study, but isn’t it our own fault?
Luckily, the academic world is in a process of rethinking its position in society. Little by little, we are opening up to the broader public – if merely for the sake of our own survival. With this blog I hope to contribute to that development, and I wish to do it in such a manner that everyone with interest can understand what I am writing.
As Assyriologist I study languages and history of more than 5000 years ago, and even though a lot has changed since then, sometimes I am struck by the familiarity of things. This blog is about those familiarities – it is about humanness. Because even though the ancient Mesopotamians lived in different times and places from ours, they were people just like us.

Open Access Journal: Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies

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[First posted in AWOL 23 October 2009. Updated 17 May  2018]

Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies
ISSN: 1097-3702
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Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies is an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Syriac tradition, published semi-annually (in January and July) by Beth Mardutho. Published since 1998, Hugoye seeks to offer the best scholarship available in the field of Syriac studies.

The word Hugoye, the plural form of Hugoyo, derives from the root hg' meaning 'to think, meditate, study'. Hugoyo itself means 'study, meditation'. In modern times, the term has been applied for academic studies; hence, Hugoye Suryoye translates as 'Syriac Studies'.
Searching for a particular article, but not sure which volume it's in? Try searching our Author Index Page.


Open Access Journal: Dacia: Revue d'archéologie et d'histoire ancienne

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Dacia: Revue d'archéologie et d'histoire ancienne
ISSN: 0070-251X
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Revista Dacia a fost fondată în 1924 de către arheologul Vasile Pârvan, unul din întemeietorii şcolii arheologice româneşti. Prima serie a apărut în perioada 1924-1947 (Dacia. Recherches et découvertes archéologiques en Roumanie), ca revistă a Muzeului Naţional de Antichităţi, fiind apoi interzisă de autorităţile comuniste. 

Seria nouă începe în 1957 (Dacia. Revue d’archéologie et d’histoire ancienne), ca revistă a noului Institut de Arheologie al Academiei Române. Revista noastră publică, în engleză, franceză, germană şi italiană, în urma unui proces de peer-review, articole, note şi recenzii de arheologie şi istorie referitoare la un spectru cronologic larg, din paleolitic pînă în evul mediu, incluzând perspective din alte discipline (istoria artei, ştiinţe sociale etc.), cu o atenţie specială pentru contribuţiile dedicate Europei de sud-est şi ariilor învecinate.

Recunoaşterea internaţională a calităţilor revistei Dacia ne permite să o distribuim prin schimb la un număr de 350 parteneri din toată lumea.
Sumar nr. I (1957)
Sumar nr. II (1958)
Sumar nr. III (1959)
Sumar nr. IV (1960)
Sumar nr. V (1961)
Sumar nr. VI (1962)
Sumar nr. VII (1963)
Sumar nr. VIII (1964)
Sumar nr. IX (1965)
Sumar nr. X (1966)
Sumar nr. XI (1967)
Sumar nr. XII (1968)
Sumar nr. XIII (1969)
Sumar nr. XIV (1970)
Sumar nr. XV (1971)
Sumar nr. XVI (1972)
Sumar nr. XVII (1973)
Sumar nr. XVIII (1974)
Sumar nr. XIX (1975)
Sumar nr. XX (1976)
Sumar nr. XXI (1977)
Sumar nr. XXII (1978)
Sumar nr. XXIII (1979)
Sumar nr. XXIV (1980)
Sumar nr. XXV (1981)
Sumar nr. XXVI (1982)
Sumar nr. XXVII (1983)
Sumar nr. XXVIII (1984)
Sumar nr. XXIX (1985)
Sumar nr. XXX (1986)
Sumar nr. XXXI (1987)
Sumar nr. XXXII (1988)
Sumar nr. XXXIII (1989)
Sumar nr. XXXIV (1990)
Sumar nr. XXXV (1991)
Sumar nr. XXXVI (1992)
Sumar nr. XXXVII (1993)
Sumar nr. XXXVIII-XXXIX (1994-1995)
Sumar nr. XL-XLII (1996-1998)
Sumar nr. XLIII-XLV (1999-2001)
Sumar nr. XLVI-XLVII (2002-2003)
Sumar nr. XLVIII-XLIX (2004-2005)
Sumar nr. L (2006)
Sumar nr. LI (2007)
Sumar nr. LII (2008)
Sumar nr. LIII (2009)
Sumar nr. LIV (2010)
Sumar nr. LV (2011)
Sumar nr. LVI (2012)
Sumar nr. LVII (2013)
Sumar nr. LVIII (2014)
Sumar nr. LIX (2015)
Sumar nr. LX (2016)

Open Access Archaeology Books from Cairn

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Open Access Archaeology Books from Cairn
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L'avenir du passé

Modernité de l'archéologie
Jean-Paul Demoule, Bernard Stiegler
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Byzance

Villes et campagnes
Michel Kaplan
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Lions, héros, masques

Les représentations de l'animal chez Homère
Annie Schnapp-Gourbeillon
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Manuel d'archéologie médiévale et moderne

Joëlle Burnouf, Danielle Arribet-Deroin, Bruno Desachy, Florence Journot, Anne Nissen-Jaubert
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Manuel d'archéologie

Méthodes, objets et concepts
François Djindjian
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Le monde byzantin I

L'Empire romain d'Orient (330-641)
Cécile Morrisson
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La mort du souverain

entre Antiquité et haut Moyen Age
Brigitte Boissavit-Camus, François Chausson, Hervé Inglebert
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Le Palais sans rival

Le récit de construction en Assyrie
Sylvie Lackenbacher
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Les potiers d’Étrurie et leur monde

Contacts, échanges, transferts
Laura Ambrosini, Vincent Jolivet
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Le problème de la christianisation du monde antique

Hervé Inglebert, Sylvain Destephen, Bruno Dumézil
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Le Proche-Orient Asiatique. Tome 1

Des origines aux invasions des peuples de la mer
Paul Garelli, Jean-Marie Durand, Hatice Gonnet, Catherine Breniquet
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Pythéas le Grec découvre l’Europe du Nord

IVe siècle av. J.-C
Barry Cunliffe
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Rome et l'intégration de l'Empire (44 av. J.-C.-260 ap. J.-C.). Tome 1

Les structures de l’Empire romain
François Jacques, John Scheid
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Rome et la conquête du monde méditerranéen (264-27 av. J.-C.). Tome 1

Les structures de l'Italie romaine
Claude Nicolet
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Rome, le prince et la Cité

Pouvoir impérial et cérémonies publiques (Ier siècle av. - début du IVe siècle apr. J.-C.)
Stéphane Benoist
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Théorie et pratique de la fiction à l’époque impériale

Christophe Bréchet, Anne Videau, Ruth Webb
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Traduire, transposer, transmettre dans l’Antiquité gréco-romaine

Bernard Bortolussi, Madeleine Keller, Sophie Minon, Lyliane Sznajder
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Violences de guerre, violences de masse

Une approche archéologique
Jean Guilaine,  Jacques Sémelin

Open Access Journal: Circe de Clásicos y Modernos

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 [First posted in AWOL 11 November 2009. Updated 18 May 2018]

Circe de Clásicos y Modernos
On-line ISSN 1851-1724 
ISSN-e: 1514-3333

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Circe de Clásicos y Modernos is an annual publication by the Instituto de Estudios Clásicos of the Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, director Marta Alesso. The journal aims to publish original works on Philology, Philosophy, History, Literature and Classic Tradition, and for these to be accepted by members of the International Review Committee, who referee blind the works sent by the Editorial Committee. The journal’s geographical reach is international. It also publishes reviews of books by Argentinian and foreign authors and news on scientific events in the journal’s specialization.

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  2017
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  2016
2012          
  2015
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  2014
1812          
  2013
1712          
  2012
1612          
  2011
1512          
  2010
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  2009
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  2008
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  2007
s/v11           
  2006
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  2004
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Open Access Journal: eisodos: Zeitschrift für Antike Literatur und Theorie

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[Firsts posted in AWOL 2 June 2014, updated 18 May 2018]

eisodos: Zeitschrift für Antike Literatur und Theorie
ISSN: 2364-4397
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eisodos – Zeitschrift für Antike Literatur und Theorie ist eine peer-reviewed, open-access, online-Zeitschrift für B.A.- und M.A.-Studierende sowie Doktoranden zu Beginn ihrer Promotion. Es werden sowohl Studierende der Klassischen Philologie als auch Studierende der Byzantinistik, des Mittel- und Neulatein, der Allgemeinen & Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft oder einer modernen Literaturwissenschaft eingeladen, Beiträge in deutscher oder englischer Sprache einzusenden.

Thematischer Schwerpunkt von eisodos sind Fragen der Interpretation von antiker Literatur und des Theorievergleichs. Interpretation von Literatur meint hier gleichberechtigt Studien zu Einzelwerken von Literatur, zu Einzelaspekten in diesen Werken sowie zu Literatur allgemein. Die theoretische Basis für verschiedene Herangehensweisen an Literatur sollen dabei stets auch thematisiert werden.
eisodos – Journal for Ancient Literature and Theory is a peer-reviewed, online-journal for B.A.- and M.A.-students as well as Ph.D.-Students in the early stages of their Ph.D. Classisicsts, students of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, as well as students of Middle and New Latin, Comparative Literature or any other Literary Studies are invited to submit contributions.

eisodos has as its focus questions on the interpretation of Ancient literature. The comparison of different literary theories is a further key aspect on which eisodos will welcome submissions. Interpretation here is intended to include both studies on individual works of literature or specific aspects in individual works of literature as well as studies on literature in general. The theoretical framework and approach that forms the basis of any of these interpretations should always be articulated.

Open Access Journal: The Denver Journal: An Online Review of Current Biblical and Theological Studies

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[First posted in AWOL 22 February 2011. Updated 18 May 2018]

The Denver Journal: An Online Review of Current Biblical and Theological Studies

Welcome to Denver Journal. The purpose of the Denver Journal is to establish an online Evangelical review journal of biblical and theological studies edited and produced by the faculty of Denver Seminary for use by alumni and all who are interested in biblical and theological ministry and research.
Denver Journal is a review journal. It aims to include reviews of all recent and significant books and published media relating to the major fields of biblical and theological studies: Old Testament, New Testament, Church History, Systematic Theology, World Christianity, Pastoral Ministry and Evangelism, Counseling, Philosophy of Religion, Education Ministries and Administration, Homiletics and Speech, and Youth and Family Ministries.
Denver Journal will include reviews as well as review articles that might include essays on the present state of studies in a field or specific area of that field, annotated bibliographies, extensive reviews of a work of particular significance, and other longer items. The reviews themselves, divided according to the major fields of biblical and theological studies, will normally be 500-800 words in length. An additional section of book notes will include 100-200 word summaries and evaluations of books that are worthy of note but not necessarily deserving a full review in the journal.
Denver Journal is an Evangelical journal. Its choice of books and reviewers reflects the Evangelical commitment and interests of the seminary.
The journal is online. All contributions are written and edited electronically.
You can view past Denver Journals here.

Current Volume

Volume 21 - 2018
Title & AuthorArticle Author(s)
Old Testament

Ryan P. O’Dowd. ProverbsCraig L. Blomberg

New Testament


Apologetics and Ethics


Theology


Historical Theology


Mission


Philosophy


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