Epigraphy – Greek

  • Margaret Williams of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins recently conducted an epigraphy workshop which consisted of a couple of half-day seminars which provide a really useful overview of what is currently known in regards to Jewish epigraphy in Hellenistic/Roman times. Even better, all the materials (handouts, audio, powerpoints) have been made available…

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  • This one popped up the other day and sadly, Hurriyet’s coverage seems to be all there is: A grave stone from the Roman period has been found in the grave of a Muslim judge, in the garden of a mosque in the Kadı village of the Black Sea province of Kastamonu’s Taşköprü district. The gravestone,…

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  • Attic Inscriptions Online

    This one is filling my email box and my various twitter feeds … a bit of the intro: Inscriptions on stone are the most important documentary source for the history of the ancient city of Athens and its surrounding region, Attica. Dating from the 7th century BC through to the end of antiquity, Greek texts…

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  • You’ve probably seen this already scrolling by in the various Blogosphere posts about it … to excerpt Phil Harland’s email: … users of the site can browse through hundreds of inscriptions (450 so far) involving guilds, immigrant groups, and other associations in the ancient Mediterranean. The user can browse by geography or by topics (including…

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  • … which I doubt has been published:

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