An article by Gwenda Blair in the December 2008 issue of Chicago Magazine is an excellent overview of the issues surrounding the lawsuit which hopes to force the sale of the Persepolis Fortification Archive which has been on loan to the Oriental Institute University of Chicago.
Gwenda Blair
Paying with the Past
Chicago Magazine, December 2008
You'll find it as the first link in the Persepolis Tablets in the News page of the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project blog.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Web 2.0 and Beyond: New Tools for Archaeological Collaboration and Communication
The presentations from Web 2.0 and Beyond: New Tools for Archaeological Collaboration and Communication (Vancouver, March 26-30, 2008) are now online.
- Open Access for Archaeological Literature: A Manager's Perspective (Jingfeng Xia, Rutgers University)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation) Abstract: Open Access as new scholarly communication has provided free, unrestricted access to digital material. With content of peer-reviewed articles, open digital repositories will facilitate online dissemination of research data and discoveries. In archaeology, several online databases have been available for journal articles, such as AnthroSource. However, these databases are accessible through subscription and are limited to certain journals. Scholars need a repository containing archaeological literature and free of charge. Modern technologies and changed copyright rules by publishers have made the implementation of the repository possible. This presentation discusses how a repository can be effectively managed to support archaeological research.
- Creating a Virtual Research Environment for Archaeology (Michael Rains, York Archaeological Trust)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation) Abstract: The Integrated Archaeological Database (IADB) began as an excavation recording and post-excavation analysis tool but during more than ten years of development its scope has widened to include archiving and publication. In recent years, work has focused on the development of more sophisticated interfaces and tools within the IADB to create a collaborative research environment and publication framework for all aspects of fieldwork based archaeological research. This presentation will focus on how technologies usually associated with the term Web 2.0 have enabled and to some extent driven this development.
- Think Globally, Act Locally: Scholarly Collaboration through the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (www.daacs.org)
(Jillian Galle, Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery Monticello)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation) Abstract: Since 2004, The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) has provided archaeologists with detailed archaeological data from slave quarter sites throughout the Atlantic World. Forged through collaborative partnerships in the US, Caribbean, and UK, DAACS’s success lies in its regional focus, freely accessible data, and direct communication with scholars. DAACS also recognizes that archaeologists have difficulty keeping up with their own research and are frequently unable to contribute to collaborative digital projects without direct help. This paper discusses the philosophy behind DAACS and focuses on the methods used to facilitate data sharing and collaboration among scholars.
- Web 2.0, Archaeotools and the Archaeology Data Service (Julian Richards, ADS; Stuart Jeffrey, ADS; Stewart Waller, ADS; Sam Chapman, University of Sheffield; Ziqi Zhang (University of Sheffield); and Fabio Ciravegna, University of Sheffield)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation) Abstract: The ADS has been preserving and disseminating digital research data in the UK for ten years. This presentation will outline how we are embracing technologies broadly termed Web 2.0. It will discuss Archaeotools, a two-year project funded by AHRC-EPSRC-JISC under their eScience programme. This is a collaborative project with the Natural Language Processing Group at the University of Sheffield UK in which we are conducting data mining and content tagging of archaeological grey literature and journal literature, and permitting user searching via a facetted classification interface, allowing users to ‘click and browse’ rather than ‘type and hope’.
- iAKS: A Web 2.0 Archaeological Knowledge Management System (Ethan Watrall, Michigan State University)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation) Abstract: Currently in development, iAKS (Interactive Archaeological Knowledge Management System) is designed to address data collection, archiving, and analysis problems encountered by many archaeological projects. Based on Web 2.0 technologies, iAKS features a flexible setup and install model that allows archaeologists to customize the types of data they want to collect and archive. Further, iAKS features a variety of connectivity models, making it an appropriate tool for projects that have regular network connectivity and those that do not. In addition, iAKS features robust data visualization, allowing archaeologists to browse and creatively visualize data. Finally, iAKS is designed with a keen sense of usability, thereby making it appropriate for a broad user base.
- UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology Data Access Level (Willeke Wendrich, UCLA)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation). Abstract: Since two years UCLA is developing an online encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE) which sets out to be a comprehensive scholarly web resource. Apart from article texts, images, interactive maps, VR models and enhanced search functionality, the UEE also allows archaeologists to archive and publish data, which in future will be connected to online publications. The UEE-DAL is envisioned as an open source service which will encompass both ongoing field work, excavations and 'heritage' data (unpublished data from past excavations). Project information can be found at www.uee.ucla.edu.
- A marriage of convenience: the possibilities of Service Oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for digital archaeology (Stuart Dunn, Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation)
(view slideshow) Abstract: Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) integrate and repackage heterogeneous computer services and data, so they do not have to be redesigned for new purposes. Web 2.0 technologies allow users to integrate and repackage services and data themselves. The relationship between Web 2.0 and SOA is therefore important. Here we review ways of combining them to deliver online archaeological services and complex data to user communities. We will draw on the UK’s Web 2.0-type portal (www.arts-humanities.net), various theoretical SOA approaches, and existing archaeological and related collections, services and data; and present a research agenda for linking Web 2.0 and SOA for archaeology.
- Beyond Open Access: Open Data, Web services, and Semantics (Eric Kansa, UC Berkeley) and Sarah Whitcher Kansa, The Alexandria Archive Institute)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation)
(view slideshow) Abstract: Simple web services delivering machine-readable data can help make archaeological information truly open and reusable for research, instruction, and creativity. Open Context (www.opencontex.org), is an open source publishing system that facilitates sharing, collaboration, and integration of field research and museum collections. It includes Web 2.0 features: folksonomies, dynamic weblog linking, maps, and browsable navigation through multiple collections. RESTful web services will soon enable new interface and presentation options. However, “user-generated content” (a web 2.0 hallmark) requires difficult schema-mapping steps to make data interoperability possible in Open Context. Can community-based solutions meet the complex semantic challenges of archaeological data?
- Web 2 and the Sociology of Archaeological Knowledge (Robin Boast, University of Cambridge and Peter Biehl, SUNY Buffalo)
(download audio file of the 15 minute presentation) Abstract: Our traditional understanding of knowledge, of a discipline or in a discipline, on-line or off-line, assumes either a direct correspondence with the world or a systematic semantic correspondence with concepts. Even Web 2 largely ignores the past 70 years of sociological and philosophical arguments for an understanding of knowledge as situated skillful practice. This paper explores, through several on-going projects, how both Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 fail to recognize this vital aspect of disciplinary knowledge and public understanding of knowledge, and how many of the tools of Web 2 could be used to enable a diversity of perspectives.Discussion: On the Web, Nobody Knows you’re an Archaeologist (Fred Limp, University of Arkansas)
(download a pdf of the discussion points)Willeke Wendrich, UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology Data Access Level Eric Kansa and Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Beyond Open Access: Open Data, Web services, and Semantics (slides)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Your c.v. might be on your blog, but...
...is your blog on your c.v.?
Does the (academic) blog carry enough respect in the academic world to be thus enshrined?
Is blogging as dangerous to the potential graduate student as it was to the job-seeker, ca. 2005?
What about other online activities, such as organizing scholarly, semi-scholarly, or potentially scholarly efforts on flickr and other digital media?
Of course, one answer might be, "It depends on the blog".
(For easy reference, I link Bill Caraher's fundamental essay on the topic, 'Blogging Archaeology and the Archaeology of Blogging')
Does the (academic) blog carry enough respect in the academic world to be thus enshrined?
Is blogging as dangerous to the potential graduate student as it was to the job-seeker, ca. 2005?
What about other online activities, such as organizing scholarly, semi-scholarly, or potentially scholarly efforts on flickr and other digital media?
Of course, one answer might be, "It depends on the blog".
(For easy reference, I link Bill Caraher's fundamental essay on the topic, 'Blogging Archaeology and the Archaeology of Blogging')
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
New Open Access Classics Journal
Rursus: Poétique, réception et récriture des textes antiques
Université de Nice
ISSN: 1951-669X
N°1 Actes du XXXVIIIe Congrès International de l'APLAES: «L'animal, un modèle pour l'homme» dans les cultures grecque et latine de l'Antiquité et du Moyen-Age.
N°2 Le modèle animal.
N°3 Varia.
Université de Nice
ISSN: 1951-669X
La revue numérique Rursus, conçue par les chercheurs de langues anciennes de l’Université de Nice, réunis depuis 2003 dans la jeune équipe LA.LI.A est consacrée à des études portant sur la récriture. La littérature dite ‘au second degré’ n’est pas une zone érudite, marginale, voire décadente du champ littéraire, mais la clé même de ce champ, puisque le régime original et originel de l’écriture est le second degré. Cette conviction d’une nature foncièrement hypertextuelle de la création n’est pas un dogme mais une attention de fond aux facteurs de mutation, de détournement et de renouvellement de la tradition.
N°1 Actes du XXXVIIIe Congrès International de l'APLAES: «L'animal, un modèle pour l'homme» dans les cultures grecque et latine de l'Antiquité et du Moyen-Age.
N°2 Le modèle animal.
N°3 Varia.
Monday, December 8, 2008
New in JSTOR
Announced by JSTOR a moment ago
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content: Vol. 93, No. 1 (2003) – Vol. 94, No. 5 (2004)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISSN: 0065-9746
Including the following titles relating to the ancient world:
Studies on the Neoplatonist Hierocles (pp. i-vi, 1-97, 99-125, 127-131, 133-152)
Ilsetraut Hadot, Michael Chase
Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, ca. 800-1500 (pp. i-iii, v-xiv, 1-21, 23-71, 73-115, 117-147, 149-158)
Bruce Eastwood, Gerd Graßhoff
Titles of interest from this series since 1995 also include:
Astral Magic in Babylonia (pp. i-150)
Erica Reiner
The Manuscripts of Sedulius a Provisional Handlist (pp. i-244)
Carl P. E. Springer
Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography (pp. 1-73)
Ralph W. Brauer
Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception: An English Translation of the "Optics" with Introduction and Commentary (pp. iii-300)
A. Mark Smith
The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyāya, and Mīmāṃsā (pp. i-336)
Peter M. Scharf
Vita Viri Clarissimi et Famosissimi Kyriaci Anconitani (pp. i-246)
Francesco Scalamonti, Charles Mitchell, Edward W. Bodnar
The Later Roman Colonate and Freedom (pp. i-144)
Miroslava Mirković
Babylonian Horoscopes (pp. i-164)
Francesca Rochberg
Ptolemy and the Foundations of Ancient Mathematical Optics: A Source Based Guided Study (pp. 1-172)
A. Mark Smith
Kos between Hellenism and Rome: Studies on the Political, Institutional and Social History of Kos from Ca. the Middle Second Century B.C. Until Late AntiquityKos between Hellenism and Rome: Studies on the Political, Institutional and Social History of Kos from Ca. the Middle Second Century B.C. Until Late Antiquity (pp. i-189)
Kostas Buraselis
An Adventure of Great Dimension: The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian DictionaryAn Adventure of Great Dimension: The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (pp. i+iii-v+vii-xi+xiii-xvi+1-41+43-67+69-73+75-91+93-97+99-101+103-107+109-131+133-135+137-140)
Erica Reiner, Robert McC. Adams
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content: Vol. 93, No. 1 (2003) – Vol. 94, No. 5 (2004)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISSN: 0065-9746
Including the following titles relating to the ancient world:
Studies on the Neoplatonist Hierocles (pp. i-vi, 1-97, 99-125, 127-131, 133-152)
Ilsetraut Hadot, Michael Chase
Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, ca. 800-1500 (pp. i-iii, v-xiv, 1-21, 23-71, 73-115, 117-147, 149-158)
Bruce Eastwood, Gerd Graßhoff
Titles of interest from this series since 1995 also include:
Astral Magic in Babylonia (pp. i-150)
Erica Reiner
The Manuscripts of Sedulius a Provisional Handlist (pp. i-244)
Carl P. E. Springer
Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography (pp. 1-73)
Ralph W. Brauer
Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception: An English Translation of the "Optics" with Introduction and Commentary (pp. iii-300)
A. Mark Smith
The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyāya, and Mīmāṃsā (pp. i-336)
Peter M. Scharf
Vita Viri Clarissimi et Famosissimi Kyriaci Anconitani (pp. i-246)
Francesco Scalamonti, Charles Mitchell, Edward W. Bodnar
The Later Roman Colonate and Freedom (pp. i-144)
Miroslava Mirković
Babylonian Horoscopes (pp. i-164)
Francesca Rochberg
Ptolemy and the Foundations of Ancient Mathematical Optics: A Source Based Guided Study (pp. 1-172)
A. Mark Smith
Kos between Hellenism and Rome: Studies on the Political, Institutional and Social History of Kos from Ca. the Middle Second Century B.C. Until Late AntiquityKos between Hellenism and Rome: Studies on the Political, Institutional and Social History of Kos from Ca. the Middle Second Century B.C. Until Late Antiquity (pp. i-189)
Kostas Buraselis
An Adventure of Great Dimension: The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian DictionaryAn Adventure of Great Dimension: The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (pp. i+iii-v+vii-xi+xiii-xvi+1-41+43-67+69-73+75-91+93-97+99-101+103-107+109-131+133-135+137-140)
Erica Reiner, Robert McC. Adams
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Ancient World Bloggers Group Facebook Application
Readers who have facebook accounts can read this blog also at the Ancient World Bloggers Group Facebook Application.
You can also add an entry for your own blog, which will eventually allow you import news feeds from your blog to your personal profile.
You can also add an entry for your own blog, which will eventually allow you import news feeds from your blog to your personal profile.
Open Access: The Cuneiform Digital Library
The Cuneiform Digital Library: free online resources about the Ancient Near East from the dawn of writing to the end of cuneiform.
At the time of writing (December 4, 2008), the Cuneiform Digital Library includes the following components:
and the following doocuments
The CDL is a collaborative network of projects centered around the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. We provide a global registry for cuneiform documents (the CDLI catalog), tools for corpus-development (the ATF specification and related software and web-services), educational pages (the CDLI wiki) and a free hosting service to support the development of special-interest projects (this portal!).
At the time of writing (December 4, 2008), the Cuneiform Digital Library includes the following components:
- CAMS Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
- CDLI The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
- DCCLT The Digital Library of Cuneiform Lexical Texts
- ePSD The electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
- HBTIN Hellenistic Babylonia: Texts, Images, and Names
- SAA State Archives of Assyria
and the following doocuments
New CBA website
The CBA is delighted to announce the launch of its brand new website today.
www.britarch.ac.uk
______________________________
The site has all the latest information on CBA events, publications and campaigns, and also acts as a gateway to archaeology in the UK. Find outhow to get involved in archaeology, find contacts and events, and how tovolunteer on an archaeological project. The site uses a new design and structure, and much of the previouscontent has been revised, refreshed and rewritten.
There's a new'Archaeology Latest' section, with all the latest archaeological news,blogs and resources as they are released:www.britarch.ac.uk/archaeologylatest
To find a local society, community group, contracting unit or universityarchaeology department, visit our Archaeology Online section:www.britarch.ac.uk/archonline
For all the latest books, Internet Archaeology, Scottish ArchaeologicalInternet Reports, the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography andmore, visit the brand new Publications section:www.britarch.ac.uk/publications
A new and expanded membership section includes details of the Christmasgift membership offer: www.britarch.ac.uk/cba/membership
Help us spread the word by forwarding this link on to any otherinterested parties! Look out for several more website developments over the coming months: afantastic new Young Archaeologists' Club website is being created now and is due for launch soon, and the British Archaeology magazine pages will undergo a redesign in 2009.
We'd like your opinions on the new website: what do you think of thedesign, content and new features? What further new facilities or pageswould you like to see? Are there any links to other resources we shouldinclude?
Let us know either by filling in a short online questionnaire:www.britarch.ac.uk/websurvey or by sending an email to webmaster@britarch.ac.uk
________________
Dr Dan Hull
Head of Information & Communications
www.britarch.ac.uk
______________________________
The site has all the latest information on CBA events, publications and campaigns, and also acts as a gateway to archaeology in the UK. Find outhow to get involved in archaeology, find contacts and events, and how tovolunteer on an archaeological project. The site uses a new design and structure, and much of the previouscontent has been revised, refreshed and rewritten.
There's a new'Archaeology Latest' section, with all the latest archaeological news,blogs and resources as they are released:www.britarch.ac.uk/archaeologylatest
To find a local society, community group, contracting unit or universityarchaeology department, visit our Archaeology Online section:www.britarch.ac.uk/archonline
For all the latest books, Internet Archaeology, Scottish ArchaeologicalInternet Reports, the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography andmore, visit the brand new Publications section:www.britarch.ac.uk/publications
A new and expanded membership section includes details of the Christmasgift membership offer: www.britarch.ac.uk/cba/membership
Help us spread the word by forwarding this link on to any otherinterested parties! Look out for several more website developments over the coming months: afantastic new Young Archaeologists' Club website is being created now and is due for launch soon, and the British Archaeology magazine pages will undergo a redesign in 2009.
We'd like your opinions on the new website: what do you think of thedesign, content and new features? What further new facilities or pageswould you like to see? Are there any links to other resources we shouldinclude?
Let us know either by filling in a short online questionnaire:www.britarch.ac.uk/websurvey or by sending an email to webmaster@britarch.ac.uk
________________
Dr Dan Hull
Head of Information & Communications
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Newly open access Classics journal - Rheinisches Museum für Philologie
Rheinisches Museum für Philologie
Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln
Das Rheinische Museum wird in Verbindung mit Prof. Dr. Carl Werner Müller (Universität des Saarlandes), Prof. Dr. Stephan Schröder (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) und Prof. Dr. Clemens Zintzen (Universität zu Köln) herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Bernd Manuwald Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
D-50923 Köln
Volumes 93 (1950) - 147 (2004) are available in open access format
Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln
Das Rheinische Museum wird in Verbindung mit Prof. Dr. Carl Werner Müller (Universität des Saarlandes), Prof. Dr. Stephan Schröder (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) und Prof. Dr. Clemens Zintzen (Universität zu Köln) herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Bernd Manuwald Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
D-50923 Köln
Volumes 93 (1950) - 147 (2004) are available in open access format
HERITAGE SCIENCE STRATEGY WEBSITE LAUNCHED
The steering group for the National Heritage Science Strategy arepleased to announce the launch of the strategy's website: www.heritagesciencestrategy.org.uk
Over the next few months, work will be taking place to produce three reports which will provide the evidence base for drawing up the strategy.
* the first report will detail the current use of science in preserving and protecting cultural heritage (available April 2009)
* the second will assess the use of science in enhancing ourunderstanding of the past (available end of May 2009)
* the final report will address issues of sector skills and considerpractitioner and institutional capacity to deliver improvements in theapplication of heritage science. (available July 2009)
Each of these reports will be available on our website, with a one month consultation period to ensure that the views of the heritage sector arefully represented and integrated in the final strategy. If you have any questions about the strategy please have a look at the website, or get in touch with the strategy coordinator:
Dr Jim Williams National Heritage Science Strategy Coordinator
Over the next few months, work will be taking place to produce three reports which will provide the evidence base for drawing up the strategy.
* the first report will detail the current use of science in preserving and protecting cultural heritage (available April 2009)
* the second will assess the use of science in enhancing ourunderstanding of the past (available end of May 2009)
* the final report will address issues of sector skills and considerpractitioner and institutional capacity to deliver improvements in theapplication of heritage science. (available July 2009)
Each of these reports will be available on our website, with a one month consultation period to ensure that the views of the heritage sector arefully represented and integrated in the final strategy. If you have any questions about the strategy please have a look at the website, or get in touch with the strategy coordinator:
Dr Jim Williams National Heritage Science Strategy Coordinator
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
History of Egyptology: Bibliography
I have created a list of books relating to the History of Egyptology on WorldCat. Please leave further suggestions as comments to this post or contact me via my work address.
Monday, November 24, 2008
New in JSTOR
Announced by JSTOR a moment ago
Classical Antiquity [1982- ] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: California Studies in Classical Antiquity [1968-1979] (0068-5895)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 12 (1968 – 1979);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1982) – Vol. 23, No. 2 (October, 2004)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of California Press
ISSN: 0278-6656
Classical Antiquity [1982- ] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: California Studies in Classical Antiquity [1968-1979] (0068-5895)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 12 (1968 – 1979);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1982) – Vol. 23, No. 2 (October, 2004)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of California Press
ISSN: 0278-6656
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Call for papers: "Natural Language Processing for Ancient Languages"
Guest editors: Joseph Denooz and Serge Rosmorduc
The TAL journal launches a call for papers for an special issue of the journal on NLP for Ancient Languages.
« Ancient Languages » is here understood on a large basis: we consider both dead languages (Akkadian, Ancient Egyptian, Latin...) and old stages of modern languages (Old and Middle French...).
Proposals may deal with all aspect of computer storage and processing of ancient languages, as for instance:
* automated morphological or syntactic analysis of ancient languages;
* text corpora (creation of a corpus, searches systems, etc.);
* dictionaries;
* encoding of ancient languages (scripting system, text representation, unicode and ISO 10646, etc.);
* XML, TEI and ancient languages (use of XML to model ancient documents, corpus representation, DTD or schemas for dictionaries) ;
* text capture, OCR and ancient texts, links between pictures corpora and structured representations;
* NLP as a tool for the philologist (practical uses of NLP in the context of philological or grammatical research).
* uses of NLP in teaching ancient languages.
* diachronic studies (models for language change, diachronic databases, etc.)
The Journal
TAL (Traitement Automatique des Langues / Natural Language Processing) is a forty year old international journal published by ATALA (French Association for Natural Language Processing) with the support of CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research). It has moved to an electronic mode of publication, with printing on demand. This affects in no way its reviewing and selection process.
Practical issues
Contributions (25 pages maximum, PDF format) must be sent by e-mail to the following address: (rosmord _at_ iut dot univ-paris8 dot fr) rosmord @ uparis8.fr
Style sheets
Language: manuscripts may be submitted in English or French. French-speaking authors are requested to submit in French.
Important dates
27/02/2009 Deadline for submission.
31/04/2009 Notification to authors.
03/06/2009 Deadline for submission of a revised version.
03/07/2009 Final decision.
October 2009 Parution
Invited editorial board
* François Barthélémy, CEDRIC, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
* Mahé Ben Hamed, Laboratoire Dynamique du langage, CNRS - Université Lumière Lyon 2
* Francesco Citti, Université de Bologne,
* Joseph Denooz, LASLA, Université de Liège, Belgique
* Gérard Huet, Équipe Sanscrit, INRIA, France
* Wojciech Jaworski, Institute of Informatics, Warsaw University,
* Bastien Kindt, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* George Kiraz, Gorgias Press, USA
* Christiane Marchello-Nizia, ICAR, ENS Lyon
* Nicolas Mazziotta, , Université de Liège, Belgique
* Sylvie Mellet, BCL, CNRS,
* Remo Mugnaioni, Centre Sciences du Langage, EA 85, Université de Provence
* Mark Olsen, ARTFL, Université de Chicago
* Gerald Penn, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
* Serge Rosmorduc, Équipe Langues et littératures de l'Égypte ancienne, EPHE Ivième section,
* Wolfgang Schenkel, , Université de Tügingen, RFA
* Richard Sproat, University of Illinois, USA,
* Achim Stein , Institut für Linguistik/Romanistik, Universität Stuttgart
* Paul Tombeur, CTLO & Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Laurence Tuerlinckx, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Jerzy Tyszkiewicz, Institute of Informatics, Warsaw University,
* Jean Winand, Service d'Égyptologie, Université de Liège, Belgique
Appel à communication: "Traitement automatique des langues anciennes"
Rédacteurs invités: Joseph Denooz et Serge Rosmorduc
La revue TAL lance un appel à contribution sur le sujet du traitement automatique des langues anciennes. Nous entendons ici le terme « langues anciennes » au sens large : les langues mortes en général (sumérien, akkadien, égyptien ancien, latin...),
mais aussi les états anciens des langues vivantes (ancien et moyen français, par exemple).
Les propositions de contributions pourront porter sur tous les aspects du traitement informatique des langues anciennes, notamment:
* analyse morphologique ou syntaxique automatique des langues anciennes ;
* corpus informatiques (constitution du corpus, recherches, et exploitation du corpus);
* dictionnaires ;
* codage des langues anciennes (définition du signe d'écriture, représentation du texte, unicode et ISO 10646) ;
* XML, TEI et langues anciennes (formalismes XML pour représenter les documents anciens, structuration de corpus en XML, DTD ou schémas pour les dictionnaires) ;
* acquisition de textes, OCR, et langues anciennes (reconnaissance de caractères, recherche de mots dans des documents scannés, liens entre corpus d'images et corpus structurés) ;
* le TAL comme outil pour le philologue (emploi effectif de techniques de TAL en philologie, segmentation, lemmatisation) ;
* TAL et pédagogie des langues anciennes ;
* TAL et diachronie (modélisation des évolutions des langues ou familles de langue, bases de données diachroniques, etc.)
Modalités pratiques:
Les articles sont écrits en français ou en anglais. Les soumissions en anglais ne sont acceptées que pour les auteurs non francophones.
Les articles (maximum 25 pages, format PDF) seront envoyés à l'adresse suivante: (rosmord _at_ iut dot univ-paris8 dot fr)
Les feuilles de style sont disponibles en ligne.
Instructions-aux-auteurs-feuilles
La revue:
La revue TAL (Traitement Automatique des Langues) est une revue internationale éditée depuis 1960 par l'ATALA (Association pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues) avec le concours du CNRS. Elle est maintenant publiée en format électronique, avec accès gratuit immédiat aux articles publiés, et impression annuelle à la demande. Cela ne change aucunement son processus de relecture et de sélection.
Calendrier prévisionnel:
27/02/2009 Date limite de soumission.
31/04/2009 Première decision du comite de rédaction.
03/06/2009 Version révisée.
03/07/2009 Décision finale du comité de rédaction.
23/07/2009 Version finale.
Octobre 2009 Parution
Comité de lecture spécifique:
* François Barthélémy, CEDRIC, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
* Mahé Ben Hamed, Laboratoire Dynamique du langage, CNRS - Université Lumière Lyon 2
* Francesco Citti, Université de Bologne,
* Joseph Denooz, LASLA, Université de Liège, Belgique
* Gérard Huet, Équipe Sanscrit, INRIA, France
* Wojciech Jaworski, Institut d'informatique, Université de Varsovie,
* Bastien Kindt, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* George Kiraz, Gorgias Press, USA
* Christiane Marchello-Nizia, ICAR, ENS Lyon
* Nicolas Mazziotta, Université de Liège, Belgique
* Sylvie Mellet, BCL, CNRS,
* Remo Mugnaioni, Centre Sciences du Langage, EA 85, Université de Provence
* Mark Olsen, ARTFL, Université de Chicago
* Gerald Penn, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
* Serge Rosmorduc, Équipe Langues et littératures de
l'Égypte ancienne, EPHE Ivième section,
* Wolfgang Schenkel, Université de Tügingen, RFA
* Richard Sproat, University of Illinois, USA,
* Achim Stein , Institut für Linguistik/Romanistik, Universität Stuttgart
* Paul Tombeur, CTLO & Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Laurence Tuerlinckx, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Jerzy Tyszkiewicz, Institut d'informatique, Université de Varsovie,
* Jean Winand, Service d'Égyptologie, Université de Liège, Belgique
Pour tout renseignement complémentaire, contacter S. Rosmorduc
(rosmord _at_ iut dot univ-paris8 dot fr)
The TAL journal launches a call for papers for an special issue of the journal on NLP for Ancient Languages.
« Ancient Languages » is here understood on a large basis: we consider both dead languages (Akkadian, Ancient Egyptian, Latin...) and old stages of modern languages (Old and Middle French...).
Proposals may deal with all aspect of computer storage and processing of ancient languages, as for instance:
* automated morphological or syntactic analysis of ancient languages;
* text corpora (creation of a corpus, searches systems, etc.);
* dictionaries;
* encoding of ancient languages (scripting system, text representation, unicode and ISO 10646, etc.);
* XML, TEI and ancient languages (use of XML to model ancient documents, corpus representation, DTD or schemas for dictionaries) ;
* text capture, OCR and ancient texts, links between pictures corpora and structured representations;
* NLP as a tool for the philologist (practical uses of NLP in the context of philological or grammatical research).
* uses of NLP in teaching ancient languages.
* diachronic studies (models for language change, diachronic databases, etc.)
The Journal
TAL (Traitement Automatique des Langues / Natural Language Processing) is a forty year old international journal published by ATALA (French Association for Natural Language Processing) with the support of CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research). It has moved to an electronic mode of publication, with printing on demand. This affects in no way its reviewing and selection process.
Practical issues
Contributions (25 pages maximum, PDF format) must be sent by e-mail to the following address: (rosmord _at_ iut dot univ-paris8 dot fr) rosmord @ uparis8.fr
Style sheets
Language: manuscripts may be submitted in English or French. French-speaking authors are requested to submit in French.
Important dates
27/02/2009 Deadline for submission.
31/04/2009 Notification to authors.
03/06/2009 Deadline for submission of a revised version.
03/07/2009 Final decision.
October 2009 Parution
Invited editorial board
* François Barthélémy, CEDRIC, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
* Mahé Ben Hamed, Laboratoire Dynamique du langage, CNRS - Université Lumière Lyon 2
* Francesco Citti, Université de Bologne,
* Joseph Denooz, LASLA, Université de Liège, Belgique
* Gérard Huet, Équipe Sanscrit, INRIA, France
* Wojciech Jaworski, Institute of Informatics, Warsaw University,
* Bastien Kindt, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* George Kiraz, Gorgias Press, USA
* Christiane Marchello-Nizia, ICAR, ENS Lyon
* Nicolas Mazziotta, , Université de Liège, Belgique
* Sylvie Mellet, BCL, CNRS,
* Remo Mugnaioni, Centre Sciences du Langage, EA 85, Université de Provence
* Mark Olsen, ARTFL, Université de Chicago
* Gerald Penn, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
* Serge Rosmorduc, Équipe Langues et littératures de l'Égypte ancienne, EPHE Ivième section,
* Wolfgang Schenkel, , Université de Tügingen, RFA
* Richard Sproat, University of Illinois, USA,
* Achim Stein , Institut für Linguistik/Romanistik, Universität Stuttgart
* Paul Tombeur, CTLO & Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Laurence Tuerlinckx, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Jerzy Tyszkiewicz, Institute of Informatics, Warsaw University,
* Jean Winand, Service d'Égyptologie, Université de Liège, Belgique
Appel à communication: "Traitement automatique des langues anciennes"
Rédacteurs invités: Joseph Denooz et Serge Rosmorduc
La revue TAL lance un appel à contribution sur le sujet du traitement automatique des langues anciennes. Nous entendons ici le terme « langues anciennes » au sens large : les langues mortes en général (sumérien, akkadien, égyptien ancien, latin...),
mais aussi les états anciens des langues vivantes (ancien et moyen français, par exemple).
Les propositions de contributions pourront porter sur tous les aspects du traitement informatique des langues anciennes, notamment:
* analyse morphologique ou syntaxique automatique des langues anciennes ;
* corpus informatiques (constitution du corpus, recherches, et exploitation du corpus);
* dictionnaires ;
* codage des langues anciennes (définition du signe d'écriture, représentation du texte, unicode et ISO 10646) ;
* XML, TEI et langues anciennes (formalismes XML pour représenter les documents anciens, structuration de corpus en XML, DTD ou schémas pour les dictionnaires) ;
* acquisition de textes, OCR, et langues anciennes (reconnaissance de caractères, recherche de mots dans des documents scannés, liens entre corpus d'images et corpus structurés) ;
* le TAL comme outil pour le philologue (emploi effectif de techniques de TAL en philologie, segmentation, lemmatisation) ;
* TAL et pédagogie des langues anciennes ;
* TAL et diachronie (modélisation des évolutions des langues ou familles de langue, bases de données diachroniques, etc.)
Modalités pratiques:
Les articles sont écrits en français ou en anglais. Les soumissions en anglais ne sont acceptées que pour les auteurs non francophones.
Les articles (maximum 25 pages, format PDF) seront envoyés à l'adresse suivante: (rosmord _at_ iut dot univ-paris8 dot fr)
Les feuilles de style sont disponibles en ligne.
Instructions-aux-auteurs-feuilles
La revue:
La revue TAL (Traitement Automatique des Langues) est une revue internationale éditée depuis 1960 par l'ATALA (Association pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues) avec le concours du CNRS. Elle est maintenant publiée en format électronique, avec accès gratuit immédiat aux articles publiés, et impression annuelle à la demande. Cela ne change aucunement son processus de relecture et de sélection.
Calendrier prévisionnel:
27/02/2009 Date limite de soumission.
31/04/2009 Première decision du comite de rédaction.
03/06/2009 Version révisée.
03/07/2009 Décision finale du comité de rédaction.
23/07/2009 Version finale.
Octobre 2009 Parution
Comité de lecture spécifique:
* François Barthélémy, CEDRIC, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
* Mahé Ben Hamed, Laboratoire Dynamique du langage, CNRS - Université Lumière Lyon 2
* Francesco Citti, Université de Bologne,
* Joseph Denooz, LASLA, Université de Liège, Belgique
* Gérard Huet, Équipe Sanscrit, INRIA, France
* Wojciech Jaworski, Institut d'informatique, Université de Varsovie,
* Bastien Kindt, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* George Kiraz, Gorgias Press, USA
* Christiane Marchello-Nizia, ICAR, ENS Lyon
* Nicolas Mazziotta, Université de Liège, Belgique
* Sylvie Mellet, BCL, CNRS,
* Remo Mugnaioni, Centre Sciences du Langage, EA 85, Université de Provence
* Mark Olsen, ARTFL, Université de Chicago
* Gerald Penn, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
* Serge Rosmorduc, Équipe Langues et littératures de
l'Égypte ancienne, EPHE Ivième section,
* Wolfgang Schenkel, Université de Tügingen, RFA
* Richard Sproat, University of Illinois, USA,
* Achim Stein , Institut für Linguistik/Romanistik, Universität Stuttgart
* Paul Tombeur, CTLO & Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Laurence Tuerlinckx, Institut orientaliste, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
* Jerzy Tyszkiewicz, Institut d'informatique, Université de Varsovie,
* Jean Winand, Service d'Égyptologie, Université de Liège, Belgique
Pour tout renseignement complémentaire, contacter S. Rosmorduc
(rosmord _at_ iut dot univ-paris8 dot fr)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Thomas Braun (1935-2008)
Aegeanet is Fifteen!
John Younger posted the following message on Aegeanet this morning
Fifteen years is a long time. Congratulations!
Believe it or not, AegeaNet came on line 15 years ago this month!
Paul Rehak & I circulated an announcement about AegeaNet at the AIA
meeting in December 1993.
To celebrate our 15th birthday, I've reserved a party room at the
Marriott (rooms 305 & 306) for 8:30-10:30 on 10 January (Sat).
Mark your calendars!
I thought a cash bar would be nice (white wine, I noticed, would be
$9) and some cheese & crackers.
While the room is free, the bartender and food are not, so some
contributions would be greatly appreciated at the time.
See you in Phily!
Fifteen years is a long time. Congratulations!
Europeana to launch on Thursday
Europeana is the first digital library, archive and museum of the Europen Union. It will launch next Thursday. Outstanding electronic resources are made available by the 27 States: digitised books, films, paintings, newspapers, sounds and archives from Europe’s greatest collections.
It sounds great. The official website is here.
It sounds great. The official website is here.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
SAFE Beacon Award Lecture & Reception honoring Professor Colin Renfrew
SAFE Beacon Award Lecture & Reception honoring Professor Colin Renfrew:
Join SAFE for an evening of celebration honoring Professor Colin Renfrew, recipient of the 2009 SAFE Beacon Award, for his life-long service to archaeology and efforts to raise public awareness about the looting of the world's ancient heritage and the trade in illicit antiquities. The evening will commence with the Beacon Award Lecture, followed by the Beacon Award ceremony and a reception.
In his lecture entitled Combating the Illicit Antiquities Trade: the 1970 Rule as a Turning Point (or How the Metropolitan Museum lags behind the Getty) Professor Renfrew will contrast the responses of the Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the success of the Italian and Greek governments in securing from them the return of looted antiquities. He will commend the Getty's new policy and ask why the Metropolitan Museum has not followed suit. He will underline the significance of the recent decision of the Association of Art Museum Directors to follow the 1970 Rule and ask how long the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum can maintain the policies that led them to acquire the notorious "Euphronios Vase." He will also describe the ethical, intellectual and strategic framework for countering the traffic in illicit antiquities.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Latin: "integral to the flavour of our speech as chilli is to curry"
The Sunday Telegraph ("Non possumus, says Bournemouth council on Latin", November 2, 2008) reported on the decision of Bournemouth council (in England) to ban the use of Latin ("NB, eg, ie and etc are too difficult for the average British citizen to understand") in any official documents. A longer article has appeared in The Mail ("The councils who ban Latin words because they are 'elitist and discriminatory' and confuse immigrants", November 3, 2008). Mary Beard is quoted:
The BBC has also carried the story: "Councils ban use of Latin terms". This includes the comment:
"This is absolutely bonkers and the linguistic equivalent of ethnic cleansing."
The BBC has also carried the story: "Councils ban use of Latin terms". This includes the comment:
the move has been welcomed by the Plain English Campaign which says some officials only use Latin to make themselves feel important.
Egyptology and Broadcast Fiction
A short story, "Visit to the Underworld" by novelist Stevie Davies, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over the weekend. It revolves around the Tomb of Tutankhamun.
Fleeing her home and its reminders, Rhiannon has come to Egypt. Standing outside Tutankhamun's tomb, she hears a Welsh voice and thinks she sees her dead son in a backpacker's eyes.The 15 minute broadcast can be heard with the listen-again facility.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
ENIM - a new open access Egyptological journal
ENIM: Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne, published by the Institut d'Egyptologie François Daumas - UMR 5140 - « Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes » (Cnrs) - Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier III
The first three articles are:
Jérôme Gonzalez, « À propos d'une confusion tardive dans l'emploi de wnn (être) et wn (ouvrir) », p. 1-6 — (28 septembre 2008)
Bernard Mathieu, « Les Enfants d'Horus, théologie et astronomie », p. 7-14 — (28 septembre 2008)
Frédéric Servajean, « À propos du temps (neheh) dans quelques textes du Moyen Empire », p. 15-28 — (28 septembre 2008)
ENiM est la première revue française numérique d’égyptologie. Elle est l’expression des activités de l’équipe « Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne » de l’UMR 5140, « Archéologie des sociétés méditerranéennes ». Elle accueille aussi les travaux des autres membres de la communauté égyptologique internationale.
Elle publie des travaux portant sur tous les aspects de l’Égypte ancienne, de la préhistoire à la période copte.
ENiM a pour vocation de devenir un relais privilégié de la diffusion des connaissances de l’égyptologie grâce aux facilités et à la très grande accessibilité fournies par les Nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication (NTIC).
ENiM est une revue entièrement gratuite et téléchargeable à partir du site de l’équipe « Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne ».
ENiM étant une revue électronique, le processus de préparation des articles est accéléré. Leur soumission se fait directement sur le site de la revue. Le traitement éditorial achevé, les articles reçus sont immédiatement mis en ligne, au format Pdf.
ENiM est un périodique annuel composé de l’ensemble des articles successivement mis en ligne au cours de l’année, le volume annuel étant clos en fin d’année civile.
ENiM is the first French electronic Journal of Egyptology. ENiM publish works from the research team « Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne », UMR 5140 « Archéologie des Sociétés méditerannéennes » of Cnrs, but the Journal also accepts papers submission from any membership of the International Community of Egyptology.
ENiM aims to publish works dealing with all aspects of Ancient Egypt, from the prehistoric times to the Coptic period.
ENiM is a totally free Journal; the available papers are easily downloaded online as pdf file format.
ENiM is an annual Journal, which collects all the papers published along the year; the final volume is edited at the end of the civil year.
The first three articles are:
Jérôme Gonzalez, « À propos d'une confusion tardive dans l'emploi de wnn (être) et wn (ouvrir) », p. 1-6 — (28 septembre 2008)
Bernard Mathieu, « Les Enfants d'Horus, théologie et astronomie », p. 7-14 — (28 septembre 2008)
Frédéric Servajean, « À propos du temps (neheh) dans quelques textes du Moyen Empire », p. 15-28 — (28 septembre 2008)
Friday, October 31, 2008
New in JSTOR
JSTOR just keeps on processing interesting stuff. In today's batch:
Ars Orientalis [1954- ] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: Ars islamica [1934-1951] (1939-6406)
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1934) – Vol. 15/16 (1951)
Vols. 1 - 34 (1954 - 2004)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan
ISSN: 0571-1371
I listed other journals important for the study of the ancient world announced at JSTOR since mid summer 2008 here, here, here, and here.
Ars Orientalis [1954- ] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: Ars islamica [1934-1951] (1939-6406)
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1934) – Vol. 15/16 (1951)
Vols. 1 - 34 (1954 - 2004)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan
ISSN: 0571-1371
I listed other journals important for the study of the ancient world announced at JSTOR since mid summer 2008 here, here, here, and here.
AWBG Meetup at APA/AIA 2009?
Surely it's not to early to start talking about an AWBG-and-friends meetup at the joint annual meetings of the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America, scheduled for 8-11 January 2009 in Philadelphia!
Thoughts? Caveats? Venues?
Thoughts? Caveats? Venues?
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World: November Lectures
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is pleased to announce the following upcoming lectures in November 2008. All lectures will take place on the second floor of the ISAW building at 15 East 84th St. (between 5th Ave. and Madison Avenue). All are welcome; please be sure to RSVP by emailing
isaw @ nyu . edu
Daniel Potts (University of Sydney and The Institute for Advanced Study)
East of Ur and west of Meluhha, or what Elam, Ansan, Dilmun, Magan, Marhasi and Simaski were up to
in the late 3rd millennium BC
Date: November 6
Time: 6:00 pm
Anne Porter (University of Southern California)
Of Bricks and Bodies: Integrating history, archaeology and an anthropology of art in the study of the
ancient Near East
Date: November 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Beate Pongratz-Leisten (Princeton University)
Astralization of the Gods and the Concept of the Divine in Ancient Mesopotamia
Date: November 11
Time: 6:00 pm
Sabine Huebner (Columbia University)
Household and Family in Past Time: The Roman East and West
Date: November 12
Time: 6:00 pm
The Annual Leon Levy Lecture
Professor Mario Liverani (University of Rome "La Sapienza")
The History of the Sahara in Antiquity: Mirage or Scientific Project?
Date: November 13
Time: 6:00 pm
William Y. Adams
Nubia's Other Civilization: the forgotten glories of the medieval kingdoms.
Date: November 20
Time: 12:00 noon
isaw @ nyu . edu
Daniel Potts (University of Sydney and The Institute for Advanced Study)
East of Ur and west of Meluhha, or what Elam, Ansan, Dilmun, Magan, Marhasi and Simaski were up to
in the late 3rd millennium BC
Date: November 6
Time: 6:00 pm
Anne Porter (University of Southern California)
Of Bricks and Bodies: Integrating history, archaeology and an anthropology of art in the study of the
ancient Near East
Date: November 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Beate Pongratz-Leisten (Princeton University)
Astralization of the Gods and the Concept of the Divine in Ancient Mesopotamia
Date: November 11
Time: 6:00 pm
Sabine Huebner (Columbia University)
Household and Family in Past Time: The Roman East and West
Date: November 12
Time: 6:00 pm
The Annual Leon Levy Lecture
Professor Mario Liverani (University of Rome "La Sapienza")
The History of the Sahara in Antiquity: Mirage or Scientific Project?
Date: November 13
Time: 6:00 pm
William Y. Adams
Nubia's Other Civilization: the forgotten glories of the medieval kingdoms.
Date: November 20
Time: 12:00 noon
Thursday, October 30, 2008
More Photographs of Iraqi antiquities seized in Lebanon October 2008
Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly has generously provided us with a second set of photographs of objects seized by authorities from smugglers in Lebanon this month. The first set is here. Some colleagues have expressed discomfort about the authenticity of object in this set and about the statuette in yesterday's posting.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Photographs of Iraqi antiquities seized in Lebanon October 2008
Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly responded to my posting on IraqCrisis of a report from AFP entitled "Iraqi antiquities seized in Lebanon: customs".
Her response to me included a set of photographs of some of the objects confiscated from the smugglers. Those photographs are published here with her kind permission.
Click on each photograph for a bigger version.
Comments are welcome here or on the IraqCrisis list. New subscribers are welcome at IraqCrisis.
[update, 30th October, 2008] Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly has generously provided us with a second set of photographs of objects seized by authorities from smugglers in Lebanon this month.
Her response to me included a set of photographs of some of the objects confiscated from the smugglers. Those photographs are published here with her kind permission.
Click on each photograph for a bigger version.
Comments are welcome here or on the IraqCrisis list. New subscribers are welcome at IraqCrisis.
[update, 30th October, 2008] Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly has generously provided us with a second set of photographs of objects seized by authorities from smugglers in Lebanon this month.
Kalender Altertumswissenschaften Uni Frankfurt
http://kalender-altertumswissenschaften.blogspot.com/
Zusammengestellt in einem Gemeinschaftsprojekt von Doktoranden und wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeitern altertumswissenschaftlicher Fächer an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
A New Epigraphy Blog
Here's a hearty welcome to the blogosphere for Marion Lamé, whose Épigraphie en réseau debuts with a post entitled "The Athenian Tribute Lists, A First Bibliography." She describes the blog thus:
Modeler l’informatique aux exigences des Sciences de l’Antiquité et transformer les outils de recherche de l’Antiquisant pour les adapter aux outils d’édition, conservation, communication et traitement de l’information modernes.I've just added the blog's feed to Maia Atlantis.
Obituary: Frank Walbank (1909-2008)
Peter Garnsey has written an obituary of Frank Walbank, Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool, for the Independent ("Professor Frank Walbank: Classical scholar who defined and dominated the field of Hellenistic history for half a century", October 28, 2008).
Other obituaries:
For around half a century he defined and dominated the field of Hellenistic history. Above all he was the unchallenged expert on the Greek politician and historian Polybius, who composed his history of Rome around the middle of the second century BC. Walbank's magnum opus is the monumental three-volume Historical Commentary on Polybius – a project launched in 1944 and completed in 1979 – which is widely regarded as the finest commentary ever composed on a historical author from antiquity.The Times commented:
Frank Walbank was the last surviving member of a small group of outstanding scholars who raised the standard of British-based scholarship in the history of classical antiquity from respectability to international distinction.
Other obituaries:
- Liverpool Daily Post (October 29, 2008)
- The Times (November 13, 2008)
Monday, October 27, 2008
New in JSTOR
JSTOR announced today the following new content relating to the ancient world:
Iran (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 - 41 (1963 - 2003)
Moving Wall: 4 years
Publisher: British Institute of Persian Studies
ISSN: 0578-6967
The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 - 24 (1974 - 1996)
Publication of this title ceased in 1996.
Publisher: The J. Paul Getty Trust
ISSN: 0362-1979
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome [1915- ] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: Supplementary Papers of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome [1905-1908] (1940-0969)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 - 2 (1905 - 1908)
Vols. 1 - 47 (1915/1916 – 2002)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Michigan Press for the American Academy in Rome
ISSN: 0065-6801
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary Volumes (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vol. 1, 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Michigan Press for the American Academy in Rome
ISSN: 1940-0977
Iran (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 - 41 (1963 - 2003)
Moving Wall: 4 years
Publisher: British Institute of Persian Studies
ISSN: 0578-6967
The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 - 24 (1974 - 1996)
Publication of this title ceased in 1996.
Publisher: The J. Paul Getty Trust
ISSN: 0362-1979
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome [1915- ] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: Supplementary Papers of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome [1905-1908] (1940-0969)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 - 2 (1905 - 1908)
Vols. 1 - 47 (1915/1916 – 2002)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Michigan Press for the American Academy in Rome
ISSN: 0065-6801
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary Volumes (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vol. 1, 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Michigan Press for the American Academy in Rome
ISSN: 1940-0977
Recent North American Dissertations on the Ancient World - October 2008
The following is a list of recent North American PhD dissertations (and some MA theses) on the Ancient World. Most are available for sale or for download from UMI ProQuest via institutions who subscribe. Check your institution's library for access to the UMI Proquest database.
A cultural studies approach to Roman public libraries: Social negotiation, changing spaces, and euergetism
by Platt, David Stuart, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008, 354 pages; AAT 3313642
An historical reconstruction of Edomite treaty betrayal in the sixth century B.C.E. based on biblical, epigraphic, and archaeological data
by Dykehouse, Jason C., Ph.D., Baylor University, 2008, 343 pages; AAT 3310781
An interpretation of Isaiah 6:1--5 in response to the art and ideology of the Achaemenid empire
by Cochell, Trevor D., Ph.D., Baylor University, 2008, 234 pages; AAT 3310782
Before art: The fusion of religion, sexuality, and aesthetics in agrarian Mesopotamia
by Guevara, Nancy, Ph.D., City University of New York, 2008, 396 pages; AAT 3311251
Centeotzintli: Sacred maize. A 7,000 year ceremonial discourse
by Rodriguez, Roberto Garcia, Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008,
Confronting the sublime: The poetic powers of Sophocles' heroes
by Nooter, Sarah Hamilton, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 187 pages; AAT 3317594
"Foedera": A study in Roman poetics and society
by Gladhill, Charles William, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008, 366 pages; AAT 3313815
Genealogy and identity: The genealogical evidence for the appropriation of early East Greek mythology by the mainland Greek city-states in the Archaic period
by Pappas, Zoe A., Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 495 pages; AAT 3317596
"Great anarch's ancient reign restor'd:" Menippean satire and the politics of knowledge in the British Enlightenment
by Williams, Matthew, Ph.D., City University of New York, 2008, 303 pages; AAT 3310643
Kneph: The religion of Roman Thebes
by Klotz, David, Ph.D., Yale University, 2008, 724 pages; AAT 3317145
No mere mouthpiece: An examination of the Hesiodic farmer
by Kavadas, Richard J. P., M.A., University of Victoria (Canada), 2008, 157 pages; AAT MR40463
Of swords and strigils: Social change in ancient Macedon
by Butler, Margaret Erwin, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008, 269 pages; AAT 3313538
On stepping stones: The historical experience of Roman mosaics
by Molholt, Rebecca, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 391 pages; AAT 3317590
Politics of art recovery in Italy
by Canzi, Chiara, M.A., University of Southern California, 2008, 35 pages; AAT 1454119
Powerplay in Potiphar's house: The interplay of gender, ethnicity, and class in Genesis 39
Speech and nature: An introduction to the study of traditional Chinese scholarship
by Andreacchio, Marco Antonio, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008, 386 pages; AAT 3314722
The autonomy and influence of Roman women in the late first/early second century CE: Social history and gender discourse
by Van Abbema, Laura, Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008, 329 pages; AAT 3314237
The emergence of ceramic roof tiles in archaic Greek architecture
by Sapirstein, Philip, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008, 445 pages; AAT 3317439
The prostitute and her headdress: The mitra, sakkos and kekryphalos in Attic Red-figure vase-painting ca. 550--450 BCE
by Fischer, Marina, M.A., University of Calgary (Canada), 2008, 523 pages; AAT MR38264
The widow's vow among western elites, 350--415
by Wilkinson, Kevin W., Ph.D., Yale University, 2008, 292 pages; AAT 3317245
Vestigia cladis: The afterlife of defeat in the Roman historical imagination
by Clark, Jessica Homan, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 316 pages; AAT 3312795
Zhaoling: The mausoleum of Emperor Tang Taizong
by Zhou, Xiuqin, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 457 pages; AAT 330953
A cultural studies approach to Roman public libraries: Social negotiation, changing spaces, and euergetism
by Platt, David Stuart, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008, 354 pages; AAT 3313642
An historical reconstruction of Edomite treaty betrayal in the sixth century B.C.E. based on biblical, epigraphic, and archaeological data
by Dykehouse, Jason C., Ph.D., Baylor University, 2008, 343 pages; AAT 3310781
An interpretation of Isaiah 6:1--5 in response to the art and ideology of the Achaemenid empire
by Cochell, Trevor D., Ph.D., Baylor University, 2008, 234 pages; AAT 3310782
Before art: The fusion of religion, sexuality, and aesthetics in agrarian Mesopotamia
by Guevara, Nancy, Ph.D., City University of New York, 2008, 396 pages; AAT 3311251
Centeotzintli: Sacred maize. A 7,000 year ceremonial discourse
by Rodriguez, Roberto Garcia, Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008,
Confronting the sublime: The poetic powers of Sophocles' heroes
by Nooter, Sarah Hamilton, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 187 pages; AAT 3317594
"Foedera": A study in Roman poetics and society
by Gladhill, Charles William, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008, 366 pages; AAT 3313815
Genealogy and identity: The genealogical evidence for the appropriation of early East Greek mythology by the mainland Greek city-states in the Archaic period
by Pappas, Zoe A., Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 495 pages; AAT 3317596
"Great anarch's ancient reign restor'd:" Menippean satire and the politics of knowledge in the British Enlightenment
by Williams, Matthew, Ph.D., City University of New York, 2008, 303 pages; AAT 3310643
Kneph: The religion of Roman Thebes
by Klotz, David, Ph.D., Yale University, 2008, 724 pages; AAT 3317145
No mere mouthpiece: An examination of the Hesiodic farmer
by Kavadas, Richard J. P., M.A., University of Victoria (Canada), 2008, 157 pages; AAT MR40463
Of swords and strigils: Social change in ancient Macedon
by Butler, Margaret Erwin, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008, 269 pages; AAT 3313538
On stepping stones: The historical experience of Roman mosaics
by Molholt, Rebecca, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 391 pages; AAT 3317590
Politics of art recovery in Italy
by Canzi, Chiara, M.A., University of Southern California, 2008, 35 pages; AAT 1454119
Powerplay in Potiphar's house: The interplay of gender, ethnicity, and class in Genesis 39
Speech and nature: An introduction to the study of traditional Chinese scholarship
by Andreacchio, Marco Antonio, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008, 386 pages; AAT 3314722
The autonomy and influence of Roman women in the late first/early second century CE: Social history and gender discourse
by Van Abbema, Laura, Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008, 329 pages; AAT 3314237
The emergence of ceramic roof tiles in archaic Greek architecture
by Sapirstein, Philip, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008, 445 pages; AAT 3317439
The prostitute and her headdress: The mitra, sakkos and kekryphalos in Attic Red-figure vase-painting ca. 550--450 BCE
by Fischer, Marina, M.A., University of Calgary (Canada), 2008, 523 pages; AAT MR38264
The widow's vow among western elites, 350--415
by Wilkinson, Kevin W., Ph.D., Yale University, 2008, 292 pages; AAT 3317245
Vestigia cladis: The afterlife of defeat in the Roman historical imagination
by Clark, Jessica Homan, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 316 pages; AAT 3312795
Zhaoling: The mausoleum of Emperor Tang Taizong
by Zhou, Xiuqin, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 457 pages; AAT 330953
Friday, October 24, 2008
Left in the desk ...
Gold studs from a bronze dagger found in Bush Barrow near Stonehenge have been found in a desk at Cardiff University ("Ancient jewels found in uni desk", BBC News, October 22, 2008). The mound was excavated in 1808.
The studs will be placed on display in the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes.In the 1960s, some of the studs were loaned to Prof Richard Atkinson of Cardiff university, who was well-known for his excavations at Silbury Hill and Stonehenge.
They were placed in an old film canister, simply labelled "Bush Barrow", and were later found by Prof John G. Evans, who put them in his desk.
Prof Evans died in 2005 and the gold studs were recovered from his old desk by Niall Sharples, a senior lecturer at the university.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Hadrian at the British Museum
Richard Lacayo has commented on the Hadrian: Empire and Conflict exhibition at the British Museum ("The Emperor Hadrian", Time, October 15, 2008). His assessment of the exhibition space (and that of the Chinese warriors) is spot on: "Good shows; bad space".Lacayo continues:
the round space leads to awkward circulation patterns and bottlenecks around display cases.Image
Athens, National Museum 249, from the Olympieion (Kaltsas no. 718). © David Gill.
Friday, October 10, 2008
New in JSTOR
JSTOR announced today the following new content relating to the ancient world:
M Bulletin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) [1981-1983] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: MFA Bulletin [1978-1980] (0732-2895)
Previous Title: Boston Museum Bulletin [1966-1977] (0006-7997)
Previous Title: Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts [1926-1965] (0899-0336)
Previous Title: Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin [1903-1925] (0899-0344)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 23; 1903 - 1925
Vols. 24 - 63; 1926 – 1965
Vols. 64 - 75; 1966-1977
Vols. 76 - 78; 1978-1980
Vols. 79-81; 1981-1983
Publication of this title ceased in 1983.
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ISSN: 0739-5736
Syria (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 79; 1920 - 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Institut Francais du Proche-Orient
ISSN: 0039-7946
M Bulletin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) [1981-1983] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title: MFA Bulletin [1978-1980] (0732-2895)
Previous Title: Boston Museum Bulletin [1966-1977] (0006-7997)
Previous Title: Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts [1926-1965] (0899-0336)
Previous Title: Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin [1903-1925] (0899-0344)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 23; 1903 - 1925
Vols. 24 - 63; 1926 – 1965
Vols. 64 - 75; 1966-1977
Vols. 76 - 78; 1978-1980
Vols. 79-81; 1981-1983
Publication of this title ceased in 1983.
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ISSN: 0739-5736
Syria (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 79; 1920 - 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Institut Francais du Proche-Orient
ISSN: 0039-7946
Monday, October 6, 2008
Abzu anniversary
Abzu just began its fifteenth year online. I should have baked it a cake over the weekend, but I didn't. For the past few years it has been hosted by ETANA at Vanderbilt University. Before that it was hosted at the Oriental Institute. A variety of older versions of it are visible in the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, and the earliest one there Dec 10, 1997, is more or less what it looked like at the beginning. Lovely, eh?
Thursday, October 2, 2008
"Free Our Libraries, Cry University Presidents"
A short article today in The Chronicle of Higher Education Wired Campus
Presidents of major universities want more library materials distributed online, without prohibitive charges.
At the Universal Access Digital Library Summit, held on September 24 and 25 at the Boston Public Library, Mark Huddleston, president of the University of New Hampshire, Peter Nicholls, provost of the University of Connecticut, and Jack Wilson, president of the University of Massachusetts, called for new approaches to the digitization of library collections that will allow access for all. The presidents urged libraries to halt what they described as an assault on the public’s right to knowledge, done in the name of copyright.
The meeting, which was convened by the Boston Library Consortium, featured the debut of “Free Our Libraries! Why We Need a New Approach to Putting Library Collections Online,” a white paper by Richard K. Johnson, senior advisor to the Association of Research Libraries. Mr. Johnson argues that libraries need to come up with new financing strategies, coordinate their actions, and adopt “forward-looking” principles to guide digitization projects. —Josh Fischman
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
New in JSTOR
JSTOR announced yesterday the following new content:
The British Museum Quarterly (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 37; 1926 - 1973
Publication of this title ceased in 1973.
Publisher: British Museum
ISSN: 0007-151X
Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum [1931-1950] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title = Notes (Fogg Art Museum)[1921-1931] (1939053X)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 2; 1921 - 1931
Vols. 1 – 11; 1931 - 1950
Publication of this title ceased in 1950.
Publisher: President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Art Museum
ISSN: 1939-0394
Cahiers d'Études Africaines (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 42; 1960 - 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: EHESS
ISSN: 0008-0055
Corinth: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 20; 1929 - 2004
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ISSN: 1558-7185
Please note: The first volume of Corinth appeared in 1929, and further parts appear irregularly as scholars finish their assigned topics.
Dead Sea Discoveries (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 9; 1994 - 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Brill
ISSN: 0929-0761
The British Museum Quarterly (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 37; 1926 - 1973
Publication of this title ceased in 1973.
Publisher: British Museum
ISSN: 0007-151X
Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum [1931-1950] (Arts & Sciences V)
Previous Title = Notes (Fogg Art Museum)[1921-1931] (1939053X)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 2; 1921 - 1931
Vols. 1 – 11; 1931 - 1950
Publication of this title ceased in 1950.
Publisher: President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Art Museum
ISSN: 1939-0394
Cahiers d'Études Africaines (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 42; 1960 - 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: EHESS
ISSN: 0008-0055
Corinth: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 20; 1929 - 2004
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ISSN: 1558-7185
Please note: The first volume of Corinth appeared in 1929, and further parts appear irregularly as scholars finish their assigned topics.
Dead Sea Discoveries (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 9; 1994 - 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Brill
ISSN: 0929-0761
Monday, September 29, 2008
AWOL - The ancient World Online - 7
AWOL - The Ancient World Online
Included in this list are several sets of electronic resources from the University of Chicago
Alexander, Christine. Greek Athletics. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925.
Allen, Thomas George. Egyptian Stelae in Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1936.
Aryeh Leib ben; Samuel, Zevi Hirsch, 1651-1731. Sefer She'elot u-teshuvot Sha'agat Aryeh ... Nai'i Vit: Yisra'el b. Moses, 496 [1735 or 1736].
Banks, Edgar James. Bismya or The Lost City of Adab. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912.
Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459. Orationes in Laurentium Vallam. With: Leonardo Bruni (Aretino), Epistola ad Baptistam de Malatestis; and Plutarch, De liberis educandis [De educatione puerorum], translated from Greek into Latin by Guarino Veronese. Italy. [ca. 1485].
Budge, E. A. Wallis and L. W.King, editors. Annals of the Kings of Assyria. London: Harrison and Sons, 1902.
Champollion le Jeune. Grammaire Egyptienne. Paris : Typographie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1836.
Contenau, G. Umma sous la Dynastie d'Ur. Paris: Librairie Paul Geuthner, 1916.
Dalman, Gustav and Duncan Mackenzie. Palestine Exploration Fund, 1911. London : Harrison and Sons, 1911.
Dawkins, R. M. The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1929
Harrison, Jane Ellen. Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912.http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Jondet, Gaston. Les Ports Submergés de L'ancienne Île de Pharos. Paris : Typographie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1836.
Joseph II, Emperor of Austria. Judenverordnung.
Vienna, 1782.
Korte, Alfred and Gustav Korte. Gordion Ergebnisse der Ausgrabung im Jahre 1900. Berlin: Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1904.
Lefebvre, Gustave. Le Tombeau de Petosiris. Premiere Partie: Description. Le Caire: L'institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, 1924.
Lefebvre, Gustave. Le Tombeau de Petosiris. Deuxieme Partie: Les Textes. Le Caire: L'institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, 1923.
Lefebvre, Gustave. Le Tombeau de Petosiris. Troisieme Partie: Vocabulaire et Planches. Le Caire: L'institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, 1924.
MacAlister, R. A. S. and J. Garrow Duncan. Excavations on the Hill of Ophel, Jerusalem 1923-1925. London: Harrison and Sons, 1926.
Mackenzie, Duncan. Excavations at Ain Shems (Beth-Shemesh). London: Harrison and Sons, 1914.
Montet, Pierre. Scènes de la Vie Privée dans les Tombeaux Égyptiens de L'ancien Empire. Paris: Strasbourg University, 1925.
Osten, Hans Henning von der. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1934.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. With Chapters by Cecil Smith, Ernest Gardner, and Barclay V. Head. Naukratis. London: Trübner and Company, 1886.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Illahun, Kahun and Gurob. 1889-90. London: David Nutt, 1891.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co., 1890
Platner, Samuel Ball. A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476. Kalendarium magistri Joannis de monteregio viri peritissimi. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 1489.
Ridder, Alfred de. Catalogue des Vases Peints de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901.
Schaal, Hans.Griechische Vasen aus Frankfurter Sammlungen. Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt A.-G., 1923.
Sethe, Kurt. Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrücken und
Photographien des Berliner Museums. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1908.
Sethe, Kurt. Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrücken und Photographien des Berliner Museums. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1910.
Smith, G. Elliot. Catalogue Général Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: The
Royal Mummies. Le Caire: Imprimerie de L'institut Français D'archéologie Orientale, 1912.
Steinschneider, Moritz, 1816-1907. Jüdische Schriften zur Geographie Palästina's (X-XIX. Jahrh.) Jerusalem: A. M. Lunez, 1892.
Thompson, R. Campbell. The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum, vol. 1. London: Luzac and Co., 1900.
Thompson, R. Campbell. The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum, vol. 2. London: Luzac and Co., 1900.
Thureau-Dangin, F. Les Cylindres de Goudéa. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1925.
The William Rainey Harper Memorial Library. Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1973.
Winnefeld, Hermann. Die Villa des Hadrian bei Tivoli. Berlin: Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1895.
S. C. Woodhouse. English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language. London: G. Routledge & Sons, 1910.
Woolley, C. Leonard and T. E. Lawrence The Wilderness of Zin (Archaeological Report). London: Harrison and Sons, 1914.
Sociolinguistics of the Luvian Language: A Dissertation Presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations by Ilya Yakubovich. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, June 2008.
Archaeological Texts and Contexts on the Red Sea: The Sheikh’s House at Quseir al-Qadim: A Dissertation Presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations by Katherine Strange Burke. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, June 2007.
Mood and Modality in Hurrian: A Dissertation Presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations by Dennis R. M. Campbell. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, March 2007.
Urbanism and Society in the Third Millennium Upper Khabur Basin: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, By Jason Alik Ur, Chicago, Illinois, December 2004.
The Architecture of Defense: Fortified Settlements Of The Levant During The Middle Bronze Age: A Dissertation Presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations by Aaron Alexander Burke. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, June 2004.
Archaeology and Historical Problems of the Second Intermediate Period: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department Of Near Eastern Languages And Civilizations, By Bruce Williams, Chicago, Illinois, December 1975.
Plant Ornament: Its Origin and Development in the Ancient Near East: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Oriental Languages and Literature, By Helene J. Kantor, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1945.
[but not included in ETANA Core Texts]
Bosse, Kathe. Die Menschliche Figur in der Rundplastik der Agyptischen Spatzeit von der XXII. bis zur XXX. Dynastie.
Breasted, James Henry. The Origins of Civilization.
Breasted, James Henry. The Temples of Lower Nubia. II. The Monuments of Sudanese Nubia: Report of the Work of he Egyptian Expedition, Season of 1906-'07.
Koenigsberger, Otto. Die Konstruktion der Agyptischen Tur.
Leibovitch, J. Les Inscriptions Protosinaitiques.
Leipoldt, Iohannes [Editor]. Scriptores Coptici, Textus, Series Secunda, Tomus II, Sinuthii Archimandritae Vita et Opera Omnia.
Leipoldt, Iohannes [Editor]. Scriptores Coptici, Textus, Series Secunda, Tomus IV, Sinuthii Archimandritae Vita et Opera Omnia.
Mallon, Alexis. Grammaire Copt: Bibliographie, chrestomathie et vocabulaire.
Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri I.
Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri II.
Preisigke, Friedrich; Spiegelberg, Wilhelm. Die Prinz-Joachim Ostraka: Griechische und demotische Beisetzungsurkunden fur Ibis- und Falkenmumien aus Ombos.
Robinson, Theodore H.; Hunkin, J.W.; Burkitt, F.C. Palestine in General History.
Schiller, A. Arthur. Ten Coptic Legal Texts.
Sethe, Kurt. Das Hatschepsut-Problem.
Smith, G. Elliot. The Ancient Egyptians and their Influence upon the Civilization of Europe.
Smith, G. Elliot. Tutankhamen and the Discovery of his Tomb by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter.
Sottas, Henri. Papyrus Demotiques de Lille.
Steele, Francis R. The Code of Lipit-Ishtar.
Stegemann, Viktor. Die koptischen Zaubertexte der Sammlung Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer in Wien.
Steindorff, Georg. Die Apokalypse des Elias eine Unbekannte Apokalypse.
Stolk, Martinus. Ptah, Ein Beitrag Zur Religionsgeschichte Des Alten Aegyptens: Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwurde der Universitat Leipzig.
Till, Walter C. Koptische Chrestomathe fur den fayumischen Dialekt mit grammatischer Skizze und Anmerkung.
Wilcken, Ulrich. Die griechischen Papyrusurkunden.
Williams, Caroline Ransom. The Decoration of the Tomb of Per-Neb: The Technique and the Color Conventions.
Winlock, Herbert E. Bas-Reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos.
Winlock, Herbert E. The Treasure of El Lahun.
Women in the Ancient Near East: A Select Bibliography of Recent Sources in The Oriental Institute Research Archives, Compiled by Terry G. Wilfong
RECOMMENDED READING ON THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: A Guide to Introductory Readings on the Ancient Near Eastern World. A Collaborative Production of The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute The Oriental Institute Museum The Oriental Institute Museum Education Program
PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN : THUMBNAIL IMAGES FROM ORIENTAL INSTITUTE WEB PAGES
ANCIENT EGYPT AND NUBIA : THUMBNAIL IMAGES FROM ORIENTAL INSTITUTE WEB PAGES
Oriental Institute Research Archives Serials List
Iraq Bibliographies: These bibliographies have been compiled in response to the cultural heritage crisis in Iraq during and after the war in Spring 2003.
Directory of North American Egyptologists, edited by Richard H. Wilkinson
Smith, Mark S. A Bibliography of Ugaritic Grammar and Biblical Hebrew Grammar in the Twentieth Century
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AWOL - The Ancient World Online - 5: Publications of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens are available online in open access formats
Open Access Publications: Publications of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Monday, September 22, 2008
Recent North American Dissertations on the Ancient World - September 2008
The following is a list of recent North American PhD dissertations (and some MA theses) on the Ancient World. Most are available for sale or for download from UMI ProQuest via institutions who subscribe. Check your institution's library for access to the UMI Proquest database.
A brief history by the victor: Roman portrayal of Etruscan influences
by Franks, MaryLee, M.A., University of Kansas, 2008, 55 pages; AAT 1453649
A case study in function and form: Excavations of a Third Intermediate Period mud-brick building in Thebes
by Sullivan, Elaine A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 586 pages; AAT 3288540
A commentary on Tacitus, "Annals" 16.1--20
by Bartera, Salvador, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2008, 318 pages; AAT 3312182
A critical introduction and commentary on the "Acts of Paul and Thecla"
by Barrier, Jeremy W., Ph.D., Texas Christian University, 2008, 341 pages; AAT 3297946
Advanced correlation-based character recognition applied to the Archimedes Palimpsest
by Walvoord, Derek J., Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008, 197 pages; AAT 3307143
African antiquity and the African-American literary design of civilization: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and the case for multiplicity
by Serrano, Jorge Luis, Ph.D., Temple University, 2008, 285 pages; AAT 3300376
A philological and theological analysis of the ancient Latin translations of the "Vita Antonii"
by Gandt, Lois, Ph.D., Fordham University, 2008, 328 pages; AAT 3310418
Apollodorus of Artemita and rise of the Parthian empire
by Tada, Richard, Ph.D., University of Washington, 2008, 178 pages; AAT 3303409
Aristotle's first critique: The Eleatic Stranger and the "Politics"
by Cherry, Kevin M., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2008, 335 pages; AAT 3309163
A textual and literary analysis of the references to 'issa and nasim in the book of the prophet Jeremiah
by Pilarski, Ahida E., Ph.D., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 2008, 330 pages; AAT 3303369
Baby bones, food, and health: Stable isotopic evidence for infant feeding practices in the Greek colony of Apollonia (5th-- 2nd centuries B.C.)
by Kwok, Cynthia S., M.A., Trent University (Canada), 2008, 203 pages; AAT MR31700
Circa deos ac religiones: Religion and the Roman emperor from Augustus to Constantine
by Polk, Matthew Robert, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 424 pages; AAT 3312490
Contesting imaginaires in death rituals during the Northern Song dynasty
by Choi, Mihwa, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 355 pages; AAT 3300426
Corinth and the birth of figural representation in Greek monumental architecture
by Roland, Sarah, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 409 pages; AAT 3299292
Creation, Eden, temple and mountain: Textual presentations of sacred space in the Hebrew Bible
by Kang, Seung Il, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 251 pages; AAT 3309693
Culture contact and social change along China's ancient southwestern frontier, 900 B.C.--100 A.D
by Yao, Alice, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008, 441 pages; AAT 3305113
Dragon kings and thunder gods: Rainmaking, magic, and ritual in medieval Chinese religion
by Capitanio, Joshua, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 270 pages; AAT 3309404
Ehud and Eglon in Moab: Judges 3:12--30 in the Bible, the Old Versions and Ancient Jewish Literature
by Dubin, Andrew Ross, D.H.L., The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2008, 148 pages; AAT 3302403
Emotional geography in the Song of Songs: A literary study of the contexts of love
by Sigler, Timothy Martin, Ph.D., Trinity International University, 2008, 342 pages; AAT 3308215
Environmental history of the Persian Empire in the late antiquity
by Yeganehshakib, Reza, M.S., California State University, Fullerton, 2008, 58 pages; AAT 1454823
Gift upon gift: Covenant through word in the Gospel of John
by Brown, Sherri, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, 2008, 389 pages; AAT 3294693
How not to go out of the world: First Corinthians 14:13--25 and the social foundations of early Christian expansion
by Munoz, Kevin A., Ph.D., Emory University, 2008, 278 pages; AAT 3310278
How to do kings with words: Byzantine imperial ideology and the representation of power in pre-Phanariot admonitory literature
by Panou, Nikolaos, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 295 pages; AAT 3312481
Human labor and harbor capacity at Rome
by LaGroue, Lance, M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008, 47 pages; AAT 1452967
Hunters, heroes, kings: The frieze of Tomb II at Vergina
by Franks, Hallie Malcolm, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 330 pages; AAT 3312359
Ideology and community in Caesar's "Bellum Civile"
by Grillo, Luca, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 272 pages; AAT 3312801
Improved three-dimensional models of seismic velocity and sensity for the island of Hawaii: Implications for volcano-tectonics
by Park, Jaewoo, Ph.D., Rice University, 2008, 125 pages; AAT 3309938
Improving VAST structure alignment performance and analysis of small molecule contacts in protein structures
by Thompson, Kenneth Evan, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 65 pages; AAT 3288584
Lasithi before the new palaces: A study of selected elite artifacts from the Hagios Charalambos Cave
by Ferrence, Susan C., Ph.D., Temple University, 2008, 224 pages; AAT 3300348
Mimetic contagion in Terence's "Eunuchus"
by Germany, Robert, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 249 pages; AAT 3309042
People and identities in Nessana
by Stroumsa, Rachel, Ph.D., Duke University, 2008, 274 pages; AAT 3303498
Performing Christian female identity in Roman Alexandria
by Juliussen-Stevenson, Heather, M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 2008, 122 pages; AAT 1453741
Plato on syntax and its metaphysical foundations
by Thaler, Naly, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 211 pages; AAT 3295320
Poetics and polemics: Horace's satiric idiom and the comic tradition
by Ferriss, Jennifer Laura, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 246 pages; AAT 3312354
Reciprocal influences between rhetoric and medicine in ancient Greece
by Roth, Adam David, Ph.D., The University of Iowa, 2008, 146 pages; AAT 3310574
Reinterpretation of the "Palace of Bryas": A study in Byzantine architecture, history and historiography
by Ricci, Alessandra, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 419 pages; AAT 3305772
Relative chronology and the language of epic
by Jones, Brandtly Neal, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008, 172 pages; AAT 3295856
Romans, allies, and the struggle for the Roman citizenship, 91--77 BCE
by Kendall, Seth Lyons, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008, 728 pages; AAT 3299384
Rural change and continuity in Etruria: A study of village communities from the 7th century B.C. to the 1st century A.D
by Vander Poppen, Robert E., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008, 568 pages; AAT 3304276
Singing the skolion: A study of poetics and politics in ancient Greece
by Jones, Gregory Shane, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 404 pages; AAT 3288477
Soaring votives: Anathemata in archaic Greek sanctuaries
by Segal, Phoebe Clott, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 328 pages; AAT 3299295
Sociolinguistics of the Luvian language
by Yakubovich, Ilya S., Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 570 pages; AAT 3309120
Sons and descendants: A social history of kin groups and family names in the early neo-Babylonian period
by Nielsen, John P., Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 437 pages; AAT 3309087
Studies in the historical syntax of Aramaic
by Pat-El, Na'ama, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 428 pages; AAT 3312613
Subordinates and evildoers: Song scholar-officials' perceptions of clerks
by Wu, Chin-shan, Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton, 2008, 230 pages; AAT 3307991
The "`am ha'ares[dotbelow]" and King Josiah---a socio-political understanding
by Lee, DongGyw, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 242 pages; AAT 3309701
The Aramaic and Akkadian bilingual inscription from Tell Fekheriyeh and the dialects of Old Aramaic
by Yun, Il-Sung Andrew, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 497 pages; AAT 3309786
The archaeology of destruction: A Roman perspective
by Neil, Skylar, M.A., Tufts University, 2008, 48 pages; AAT 1452806
The geographical background of the Persepolis tablets
by Arfaee, Abdolmajid, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 150 pages; AAT 3300414
The matter of magic: Material figures of memory and protection in Neo-Assyrian apotropaic figurine rituals (first millennium BC)
by Nakamura, Carolyn M., Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 346 pages; AAT 3290467
Theology in mind: Reduction, emergence, and cognitive science
by Van Slyke, James Arthur, Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Theology, 2008, 257 pages; AAT 3311994
The pedagogy of the soul: Origen's "Homilies on the Psalms"
by Heintz, Michael, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2008, 328 pages; AAT 3309539
The philosophical muse: On comedy in the Platonic dialogues
by Trivigno, Franco V., Ph.D., Boston University, 2008, 276 pages; AAT 3296042
The portrayal of women in the "Annales" of Tacitus
by Parks, Eric A., Ph.D., Boston University, 2008, 334 pages; AAT 3298668
Trends, traditions, and transformations: Fashions in dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia
by Baadsgaard, Aubrey, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 467 pages; AAT 3309392
Utopia and community in the ancient world
by Schmidt, Brent James, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008, 227 pages; AAT 3303880
Varieties of encyclopedism in the early Roman Empire: Vitruvius, Pliny the Elder, Artemidorus
by Harris-McCoy, Daniel E., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 232 pages; AAT 3309440
Verbs of leading in the Hebrew Bible
by Leavins, Daniel C., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, 2008, 301 pages; AAT 3294700
Voluntary animal motion from Greek antiquity to the Latin Middle Ages, 400 B.C.--A.D. 1300
by Frampton, Michael, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 171 pages; AAT 3300430
Women of ivory as embodiments of ideal feminine beauty in the ancient Near East during the first millennium BCE
by Gansell, Amy Rebecca, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 460 pages; AAT 3312362
Worshipping in community: Jupiter and Roman religion in the early imperial period
by Husser, Zehavi Victoria, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 302 pages; AAT 3308044
Writing, literacy, and textual transmission: The production of literary documents in Iron Age Judah and the composition of the Hebrew Bible
by Whisenant, Jessica N., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008, 387 pages; AAT 3305104
A brief history by the victor: Roman portrayal of Etruscan influences
by Franks, MaryLee, M.A., University of Kansas, 2008, 55 pages; AAT 1453649
A case study in function and form: Excavations of a Third Intermediate Period mud-brick building in Thebes
by Sullivan, Elaine A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 586 pages; AAT 3288540
A commentary on Tacitus, "Annals" 16.1--20
by Bartera, Salvador, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2008, 318 pages; AAT 3312182
A critical introduction and commentary on the "Acts of Paul and Thecla"
by Barrier, Jeremy W., Ph.D., Texas Christian University, 2008, 341 pages; AAT 3297946
Advanced correlation-based character recognition applied to the Archimedes Palimpsest
by Walvoord, Derek J., Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008, 197 pages; AAT 3307143
African antiquity and the African-American literary design of civilization: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and the case for multiplicity
by Serrano, Jorge Luis, Ph.D., Temple University, 2008, 285 pages; AAT 3300376
A philological and theological analysis of the ancient Latin translations of the "Vita Antonii"
by Gandt, Lois, Ph.D., Fordham University, 2008, 328 pages; AAT 3310418
Apollodorus of Artemita and rise of the Parthian empire
by Tada, Richard, Ph.D., University of Washington, 2008, 178 pages; AAT 3303409
Aristotle's first critique: The Eleatic Stranger and the "Politics"
by Cherry, Kevin M., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2008, 335 pages; AAT 3309163
A textual and literary analysis of the references to 'issa and nasim in the book of the prophet Jeremiah
by Pilarski, Ahida E., Ph.D., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 2008, 330 pages; AAT 3303369
Baby bones, food, and health: Stable isotopic evidence for infant feeding practices in the Greek colony of Apollonia (5th-- 2nd centuries B.C.)
by Kwok, Cynthia S., M.A., Trent University (Canada), 2008, 203 pages; AAT MR31700
Circa deos ac religiones: Religion and the Roman emperor from Augustus to Constantine
by Polk, Matthew Robert, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 424 pages; AAT 3312490
Contesting imaginaires in death rituals during the Northern Song dynasty
by Choi, Mihwa, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 355 pages; AAT 3300426
Corinth and the birth of figural representation in Greek monumental architecture
by Roland, Sarah, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 409 pages; AAT 3299292
Creation, Eden, temple and mountain: Textual presentations of sacred space in the Hebrew Bible
by Kang, Seung Il, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 251 pages; AAT 3309693
Culture contact and social change along China's ancient southwestern frontier, 900 B.C.--100 A.D
by Yao, Alice, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008, 441 pages; AAT 3305113
Dragon kings and thunder gods: Rainmaking, magic, and ritual in medieval Chinese religion
by Capitanio, Joshua, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 270 pages; AAT 3309404
Ehud and Eglon in Moab: Judges 3:12--30 in the Bible, the Old Versions and Ancient Jewish Literature
by Dubin, Andrew Ross, D.H.L., The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2008, 148 pages; AAT 3302403
Emotional geography in the Song of Songs: A literary study of the contexts of love
by Sigler, Timothy Martin, Ph.D., Trinity International University, 2008, 342 pages; AAT 3308215
Environmental history of the Persian Empire in the late antiquity
by Yeganehshakib, Reza, M.S., California State University, Fullerton, 2008, 58 pages; AAT 1454823
Gift upon gift: Covenant through word in the Gospel of John
by Brown, Sherri, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, 2008, 389 pages; AAT 3294693
How not to go out of the world: First Corinthians 14:13--25 and the social foundations of early Christian expansion
by Munoz, Kevin A., Ph.D., Emory University, 2008, 278 pages; AAT 3310278
How to do kings with words: Byzantine imperial ideology and the representation of power in pre-Phanariot admonitory literature
by Panou, Nikolaos, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 295 pages; AAT 3312481
Human labor and harbor capacity at Rome
by LaGroue, Lance, M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008, 47 pages; AAT 1452967
Hunters, heroes, kings: The frieze of Tomb II at Vergina
by Franks, Hallie Malcolm, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 330 pages; AAT 3312359
Ideology and community in Caesar's "Bellum Civile"
by Grillo, Luca, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 272 pages; AAT 3312801
Improved three-dimensional models of seismic velocity and sensity for the island of Hawaii: Implications for volcano-tectonics
by Park, Jaewoo, Ph.D., Rice University, 2008, 125 pages; AAT 3309938
Improving VAST structure alignment performance and analysis of small molecule contacts in protein structures
by Thompson, Kenneth Evan, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 65 pages; AAT 3288584
Lasithi before the new palaces: A study of selected elite artifacts from the Hagios Charalambos Cave
by Ferrence, Susan C., Ph.D., Temple University, 2008, 224 pages; AAT 3300348
Mimetic contagion in Terence's "Eunuchus"
by Germany, Robert, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 249 pages; AAT 3309042
People and identities in Nessana
by Stroumsa, Rachel, Ph.D., Duke University, 2008, 274 pages; AAT 3303498
Performing Christian female identity in Roman Alexandria
by Juliussen-Stevenson, Heather, M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 2008, 122 pages; AAT 1453741
Plato on syntax and its metaphysical foundations
by Thaler, Naly, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 211 pages; AAT 3295320
Poetics and polemics: Horace's satiric idiom and the comic tradition
by Ferriss, Jennifer Laura, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 246 pages; AAT 3312354
Reciprocal influences between rhetoric and medicine in ancient Greece
by Roth, Adam David, Ph.D., The University of Iowa, 2008, 146 pages; AAT 3310574
Reinterpretation of the "Palace of Bryas": A study in Byzantine architecture, history and historiography
by Ricci, Alessandra, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 419 pages; AAT 3305772
Relative chronology and the language of epic
by Jones, Brandtly Neal, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008, 172 pages; AAT 3295856
Romans, allies, and the struggle for the Roman citizenship, 91--77 BCE
by Kendall, Seth Lyons, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008, 728 pages; AAT 3299384
Rural change and continuity in Etruria: A study of village communities from the 7th century B.C. to the 1st century A.D
by Vander Poppen, Robert E., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008, 568 pages; AAT 3304276
Singing the skolion: A study of poetics and politics in ancient Greece
by Jones, Gregory Shane, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 404 pages; AAT 3288477
Soaring votives: Anathemata in archaic Greek sanctuaries
by Segal, Phoebe Clott, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 328 pages; AAT 3299295
Sociolinguistics of the Luvian language
by Yakubovich, Ilya S., Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 570 pages; AAT 3309120
Sons and descendants: A social history of kin groups and family names in the early neo-Babylonian period
by Nielsen, John P., Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 437 pages; AAT 3309087
Studies in the historical syntax of Aramaic
by Pat-El, Na'ama, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 428 pages; AAT 3312613
Subordinates and evildoers: Song scholar-officials' perceptions of clerks
by Wu, Chin-shan, Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton, 2008, 230 pages; AAT 3307991
The "`am ha'ares[dotbelow]" and King Josiah---a socio-political understanding
by Lee, DongGyw, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 242 pages; AAT 3309701
The Aramaic and Akkadian bilingual inscription from Tell Fekheriyeh and the dialects of Old Aramaic
by Yun, Il-Sung Andrew, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2008, 497 pages; AAT 3309786
The archaeology of destruction: A Roman perspective
by Neil, Skylar, M.A., Tufts University, 2008, 48 pages; AAT 1452806
The geographical background of the Persepolis tablets
by Arfaee, Abdolmajid, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 150 pages; AAT 3300414
The matter of magic: Material figures of memory and protection in Neo-Assyrian apotropaic figurine rituals (first millennium BC)
by Nakamura, Carolyn M., Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008, 346 pages; AAT 3290467
Theology in mind: Reduction, emergence, and cognitive science
by Van Slyke, James Arthur, Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Theology, 2008, 257 pages; AAT 3311994
The pedagogy of the soul: Origen's "Homilies on the Psalms"
by Heintz, Michael, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2008, 328 pages; AAT 3309539
The philosophical muse: On comedy in the Platonic dialogues
by Trivigno, Franco V., Ph.D., Boston University, 2008, 276 pages; AAT 3296042
The portrayal of women in the "Annales" of Tacitus
by Parks, Eric A., Ph.D., Boston University, 2008, 334 pages; AAT 3298668
Trends, traditions, and transformations: Fashions in dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia
by Baadsgaard, Aubrey, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 467 pages; AAT 3309392
Utopia and community in the ancient world
by Schmidt, Brent James, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008, 227 pages; AAT 3303880
Varieties of encyclopedism in the early Roman Empire: Vitruvius, Pliny the Elder, Artemidorus
by Harris-McCoy, Daniel E., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2008, 232 pages; AAT 3309440
Verbs of leading in the Hebrew Bible
by Leavins, Daniel C., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, 2008, 301 pages; AAT 3294700
Voluntary animal motion from Greek antiquity to the Latin Middle Ages, 400 B.C.--A.D. 1300
by Frampton, Michael, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2008, 171 pages; AAT 3300430
Women of ivory as embodiments of ideal feminine beauty in the ancient Near East during the first millennium BCE
by Gansell, Amy Rebecca, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 460 pages; AAT 3312362
Worshipping in community: Jupiter and Roman religion in the early imperial period
by Husser, Zehavi Victoria, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008, 302 pages; AAT 3308044
Writing, literacy, and textual transmission: The production of literary documents in Iron Age Judah and the composition of the Hebrew Bible
by Whisenant, Jessica N., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008, 387 pages; AAT 3305104
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