The Prosopography of Ebla

The Prosopography of Ebla

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Studies on the Prosopography of Ebla

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Studies on Prosopography includes links to digitized versions of the following articles:

Archi A. - (1981) "Kiš nei testi di Ebla", SEb 4, pp. 77-87

Archi A. - (1985) "Les noms de personnes mariotes à Ebla (IIIème millénaire)", MARI 4, pp. 53-58

Archi A. - (1986) "Varianti grafiche negli antroponimi di Ebla", VO 6, pp. 243-248

Archi A. - (1992) "Integrazioni alla prosopografia dei "danzatori", ne-di, di Ebla", VO 8, pp. 189-198

Archi A. - (1996) "Chronologie relative des archives d'Ebla", Amurru 1, pp. 11-28

Archi A. - (1996) "Eblaita pashishu: colui che è addetto all'unzione", VO 10, pp. 37-71

Archi A. - (1996) "Les comptes rendus annuels de métaux (CAM)", Amurru 1, pp. 73-79

Archi A. - (1996) "Les femmes du roi Irkab-damu", Amurru 1, pp 101-124

Archi A. - (2000) "The lords, lugal-lugal, of Ebla", VO 12, pp. 19-58

Archi A. - (2001) "The King-Lists from Ebla", in Actes 45 RAI, pp. 1-13

Biga M. G. - (1987) "Femmes de la famille royale d'Ebla", in Actes 33 RAI, pp. 41-47

Biga M. G. - Pomponio F. - (1993) "Critères de rédaction comptable et chronologie relative des textes d'Ebla", MARI 7, pp. 107-128

Fronzaroli P. - (1987) "La formation des noms personnels féminins à Ebla", in Actes 33 RAI, pp. 63-73

Steinkeller P. - (1993) "Observations on the Sumerian Personal Names in Ebla Sources...", in Fs Hallo , pp. 236-245

Tonietti M.V. - (1989) "Aggiornamento alla cronologia dei NAR", QuSem 16 - MisEb 2, pp. 117-12

Ebla Archives Online

Ebla Digital Archives,  A Project of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Lucio Milano Editor in Chief

Massimo Maiocchi Associate Editor

Francesco Di Filippo Software Designer

The aim of the Ebla Digital Archives [ EbDA ] database is to provide a digital edition of the entire corpus of cuneiform texts belonging to the Ebla Royal Archives. Texts are reproduced in the same sequence as in the individual volumes of the series Archivi Reali di Ebla – Testi published by the “Italian Archaeological Mission to Siria” of the Sapienza University of Rome. Compared with the hard copy publication, the digital edition provides harmonized transliterations, corrections and numerous collations made over the years by the team of epigraphers who cooperate with the Mission.

The project is presented as a work in progress. The ARET volumes currently included in the database will be gradually followed by other volumes published in the past years. Additional texts or portions of texts that have appeared in other series, in monographs or in journals will be also included in the database. Any suggestion by interested users will be highly appreciated.

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Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) includes a developing Alphabetical list of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies, currently listing 157 titles.  There is some (but not much) overlap between that lists and the List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies.

Mandaic Online

Mandaic.org: Mandaic and Neo-Mandaic Texts and Resource

These pages represent a first tentative step towards making resources on the Mandaic language freely available online. When completed, Mandaic.org will include information on the classical dialect of Mandaic, the incantation texts, and the modern dialects of Mandaic (Ahwaz, Khorramshahr, and others). This information will consist of texts, recordings, an online lexicon, sketch grammars, a comprehensive and annotated bibliography, and links to other resources. For the immediate future, however, the material contained on this website consists primarily of my own research into the Neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr.

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What's new in the E-CORPUS digital library

From E-Corpus Lettre/newsletter n° 9  : 02/2011

What's new in the E-CORPUS digital library

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• Arabic, Georgian and Syriac manuscripts from St. Catherine's Monastery Mount Sinai (Egypt) are now available on e-corpus. This work carried out by the Université Catholique de Louvain within the framework of project Manumed (digitization of microfilm); detailed records are being captured with titles and incipits etc.
  • Arabic MSS : 202 manuscripts / 50 987 images
  • Syriac MSS : 130 manuscripts / 27806 images
  • Georgian MSS : 12 manuscripts / 3099 images

TOTAL : 344 manuscripts ; 81 892 images 

•  Hebrew manuscripts from the Library of Nîmes, Carré d'Art
  • 19 mss, 3 372 pages accessible on e-corpus
  • see web site (still in progress)

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• Documents on the history of Egypt: E-corpus just received a specific endowment from a patron to digitize 50 000 pages of documents on the history of Egypt (from the pharaonic periode to the present); if you have documents or collections that you would like digitized within this context you can contact us. These documents will be available on e-corpus and in the "virtual library of the history of Egypt" managed by e-corpus.

• Arabic manuscripts from father Jean-Jospeh-Léandre Bargès (1810-1896) (bibliothèque dioscésaine de Marseille, Le Mistral)

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In the process of digitization and soon to be on  E-CORPUS

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• Persian and Arabic manuscripts from the Aga Khan Museum (Geneva)

• The digitization of a series of antique photographs - Aleppo. Cooperation IFPO
  • Camille Hammad collection, studio photographer in Aleppo from 1933 to 1946 

• Antique documents from the library of Apt (Vaucluse) (in particular an eighteenth century manuscript on Egypt)

see the document description and images 

• Documents from the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme (MMSH) in Aix en Provence and from IREMAM

  ...

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New collaborations with E-CORPUS

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The CCL (through MANUMED and E-CORPUS) passed agreements permitting the digitization and/or dissemination of scanned documents with:

• The IFPO (Institut français du Proche-Orient :Damascus, Beirut, Amman, Erbil...)
  • 100 000 images and metadata will be produced and available on E-corpus within 12 months

 

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG®) Updates

Added to the TLG since early February 2010.

Updated on: 2011-02-16

5023	SCHOLIA IN EURIPIDEM Schol.

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Updated on: 2010-09-02

0019	ARISTOPHANES Comic.
0071	PERIPLUS MARIS ERYTHRAEI Geogr.
2702	Michael PSELLUS Epist., Hagiogr., Phil., Polyhist. et Theol.
2721	Theodorus PRODROMUS Poeta et Polyhist.
2792	Pseudo-MARTYRIUS Scr. Eccl.
2876	THEODORUS Biogr. et Hagiogr.
2896	ANASTASIUS Sinaïta Theol.
3205	THEODORUS II DUCAS LASCARIS Rhet. et Theol.
3368	GERONTIUS Hagiogr.

3369	DANIEL SCETIOTA Biogr. et Hagiogr.
4042	SOPHRONIUS Epigr., Scr. Eccl. et Soph.
4092	Gregorius PARDUS Gramm. et Rhet.
5122	VITA LEONIS CATANIAE Biogr. et Hagiogr.
5123	VITA S. AUXENTII Hagiogr.
5124	VITA S. PELAGIAE Hagiogr.
5125	VITAE S. DANIELIS STYLITAE Biogr. et Hagiogr.
5126	VITA SANCTI GEORGII CHOZEBITAE Hagiogr.
5127	VITAE S. ALYPII STYLITAE Hagiogr.
5128	VITAE S. LUCAE STYLITAE Hagiogr.
5501	LEO ALLATIUS Theol.
9039	Franciscus SCUFUS Epist. et Rhet.

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Updated on: 2010-05-06

1595	PHILODEMUS Phil.
2274	HESYCHIUS Illustrius Hist.
3074	Constantinus MANASSES Hist. et Poeta
3286	Andronicus CALLISTUS
4419	ANONYMA EROTICA BYZANTINA Narr. Fict.
4422	LIBISTRUS ET RHODAMNE Narr. Fict.
9030	Constantinus HARMENOPULUS Theol.
9034	ANONYMA DE MUSICA ECCLESIASTICA Eccl. et Mus.
9035	Georgius TRAPEZUNTIUS Phil.
9036	Papa SYNADINUS Chronogr.
9037	LAMENTATIONES DE CAPTIVATIONE CONSTANTINOPOLIS Chronogr. et Hist.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG®) Update in AWOL,  February 2, 2010

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Luwian Online

Luwian Forum

Welcome to the Luwian forum. This is meant as a meeting place, to exchange news, ideas, share publication details etc. Add anything you like via the comment section or send me an email if you'd like to write a new post.

We'll begin with a list of Bronze Age Inscriptions and their publication details. Each text will form a single post to facilitate adding comments to it. They'll appear in no particular order. Please help fill the gaps!

Open Access Journal: Luxor Times

Luxor Times

The first independent English language publication covering Egypt in general and especially Luxor. With views, news and reviews concerning all aspects of Egyptian life, Culture, people and history as an aid to tourists and ex-pats alike.

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Open Access Journal Coming Soon: Aitia. Regards sur la culture hellénistique au XXIème siècle

 n.b. Aitia is now live with published content

Aitia. Regards sur la culture hellénistique au XXIème siècle

Revue consacrée à l'histoire culturelle et philosophique de la Grèce antique.

La revue internationale électronique Aitia. Regards sur la culture hellénistique au XXIe siècle s'inscrit dans une double perspective propre à la situation internationale de la recherche dans le domaine de la culture hellénistique et à l'ambition formée pour l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

Les études hellénistiques ont fait durant les deux dernières décennies des progrès considérables et ont connu d'importants bouleversements. Toute cette importante partie de la littérature et de la philosophie grecques est longtemps restée dans l'indifférence des chercheurs et universitaires en raison de son caractère déjà tardif et de sa complexité. La revue Aitia est consacrée à cette double dimension de l'histoire culturelle et philosophique avec une dimension résolument internationale.

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Open Access Journal: Suhayl

Suhayl. International Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
ISSN 1576-9372
ISSN electrònic 2013-620X

Suhayl  (ISSN 1576-9372 / ISSN electrònic 2013-620X) és una revista anual  publicada pel Grup Millàs Vallicrosa d'Història de la Ciència Àrab de la  Universitat de Barcelona que s'edita en llengua anglesa i àrab. Des de  2009 es publica en col·laboració amb la Commision on History of Science  and Technology in Islamic Societies (IUPHS-DHS).

"Suhayl" (Canop) és una estrella usada sovint per la tradició islàmica  com a indicador de la qibla, la direcció de La Meca, ja que l'axis  principal de la Ka'ba està orientat cap el punt de la seva sortida.

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ETANA redesign preview

You can preview the new redesign of ETANA and Abzu at the beta site.  You'll find the link at the ETANA home page.

Open Access Collections: The Morgan Library & Museum

The Morgan Library & Museum: Ancient Near Eastern Seals & Tablets

The Morgan's seals collection is one of the most distinguished in the United States and among the best known in the world. Generally only an inch in height, engraved seals are among the smallest objects ever produced by sculptors. They were carved in great detail with simple tools on semiprecious stones. These engraved objects provide a continuous artistic and chronological sequence of more than three thousand years. The seals collection covers all the significant styles of Mesopotamian engraving from the end of the fifth millennium B.C. to the fourth century B.C. as well as most of the styles of other countries of the ancient Near East. Areas of particular strength include seals of the second millennium B.C. made outside southern Mesopotamia (Cappadocia, Syria, and Mitannia) as well as Old Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian seals. The Middle Assyrian seals are among the finest in any collection.

Pierpont Morgan collected nearly three thousand cuneiform tablets, the bulk of which are now in the Yale Babylonian Collection, which he founded. The Morgan's collection also includes cuneiform tablets and a few outstanding art objects from the ancient Near East.

Between 1885 and 1908, the American collector William Hayes Ward assembled, probably on Pierpont Morgan's behalf, a collection of 1,157 seals. This became the core of the Morgan's holdings. Two additional major gifts—the collection of Robert F. Kelley, given by his sister Caroline M. Burns in 1977, and that of Jonathan P. Rosen, given in 1986—have enhanced the Morgan's holdings in this area.

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Open Access Journal: The Denver Journal

The Denver Journal

Title & Author	Article Author(s)
Old Testament
Annotated Old Testament Bibliography - 2011	M. Daniel Carroll R., Hélène Dallaire, and Richard S. Hess
Daniel Bodi. The Demise of the Warlord: A New Look at the David Story	Richard S. Hess
Jerome Walsh. Old Testament Narrative: A Guide to Interpretation	Scott Wenig
New Testament
New Testament Exegesis Bibliography - 2011	Craig L. Blomberg and William W. Klein
Gordon D. Fee. The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians	Craig L. Blomberg
D. A. Carson, Douglas A Moo. Introducing the New Testament: A Short Guide to Its History and Message	Craig L. Blomberg
Samuel M. Ngewa. Galatians	Craig L. Blomberg
Roy E. Ciampa, Brian S. Rosner. The First Letter to the Corinthians	Craig L. Blomberg
Linda L. Belleville. Sex, Lies, and the Truth: Developing a Christian Ethic in a Post-Christian Society.	Craig L. Blomberg
G. Walter Hansen. The Letter to the Philippians	Craig L. Blomberg

Volumes Available

• Volume 1 - 1998
• Volume 2 - 1999
• Volume 3 - 2000
• Volume 4 - 2001
• Volume 5 - 2002
• Volume 6 - 2003
• Volume 7 - 2004
• Volume 8 - 2005
• Volume 9 - 2006
• Volume 10 - 2007
• Volume 11 - 2008
• Volume 12 - 2009
• Volume 13 - 2010
• Volume 14 - 2011

The following bibliographies are available on the Denver Journal. If you would like to create a link from your web page to one of these bibliographies, click on the name of the bibliography below to view instructions on how to do this. 

• Annotated Old Testament Bibliography
  
• New Testament Exegesis Bibliography
  

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Open Access Journal: Cypsela

Cypsela: revista de prehistòria i protohistòria
ISSN 0213-3431

Cypsela (ISSN 0213-3431) és una publicació bianual del Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, que publica, des de l'any 1976, treballs científics de recerca generals sobre la prehistòria i la protohistòria de Catalunya i de la mediterrània occidental fins al final de l'època ibèrica. La revista desenvolupa una secció de tema monogràfic, amb articles de profunditat, tipus assaig o de síntesi; una altra d'estudis, amb articles analítics o concrets de tema lliure, i per últim una secció amb ressenyes bibliogràfiques.

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Open Access Journal: Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia

Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia (AHAM)

ISSN 0212-2960

Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia (AHAM) (ISSN 0212-2960) és una revista el contingut de la qual respon al seu objectiu: donar a conèixer la tasca de recerca dels membres del Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica de la Universitat de Barcelona. Tanmateix és una revista de recerca oberta a tots els historiadors d'Història Medieval, tant nacionals com foranis, com es pot veure en el contingut de la mateixa des de la publicació del seu primer número fins a l'actual.

El contingut de la revista està estructurat en diversos camps de recerca: "Fonts i Documents de l'Època Medieval", "Ciències i Tècniques Historiogràfiques", "Història de l'Època Medieval", "Arqueologia Medieval i Història de l'Art", "Miscel·lània" i "Regests" de llibres arribats a la redacció d'AHAM.

Els articles o treballs es publiquen en qualsevulla llengua de la Comunitat Europea. Fins ara els idiomes en ús han estat: català, castellà, gallec, francès, italià i anglès.

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Open Access Journal: Byzantion nea hellás

Byzantion nea hellás
ISSN 0718-8471

O objetivo da revista é estimular a publicação de trabalhos de investigadores nacionais e estrangeiros nas três grandes áreas da cultura grega, assim como o intercâmbio acadêmico entre investigadores e docentes de centros estrangeiros que se trabalham con estas matërias.
The aim of the journal is to foster the publication of works by national and foreign researches working in the three main areas of Greek culture, as well as the academic interchange between researchers and teaching staff who deal with these subjects.

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(Partially) Open Access Journal: Aegaeum

Aegaeum

[While Aegaeum has been in the List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies since late 2009, it has not had it's own entry in AWOL before today].

Out of print volumes are available online.  As of today, these include:

• 1 "Thanatos. Les coutumes funéraires en Egée à l'âge du Bronze". Actes du colloque de Liège, 21-23 avril 1986, édités par Robert Laffineur  
• 5 Aegean Seals, Sealings and Administration. Proceedings of the NEH-Dickson Conference of the Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory of the Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, January 11-13, 1989, edited by Thomas G. Palaima : 250 pages, 40 planches hors-texte  
• 7 "Thalassa. L'Egée préhistorique et la mer." Actes de la 3e Rencontre égéenne internationale de l'Université de Liège, Station de recherches sous-marines et océanographiques, Calvi, Corse, 23-25 avril 1990, édités par Robert Laffineur et Lucien Basch : 324 pages, 65 planches hors-texte   
• 12 "Politeia. Society and State in the Aegean Bronze Age." Proceedings of the 5th International Aegean Conference / 5e Rencontre égéenne internationale, University of Heidelberg, Archäologisches Institut, 10-13 April 1994, edited by Robert Laffineur and Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier : 2 volumes, 674 pages, 75 planches hors texte   
• 18 The Aegean and the Orient in the Second Millennium, Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Symposium, University of Cincinnati, 18-20 April 1997. E.H. CLINE and D. HARRIS-CLINE, eds.   
• 22 "POTNIA. Deities and Religion in the Aegean Bronze Age" Proceedings of the 8th International Aegean Conference Göteborg,Göteborg University, 12-15 April 2000, edited by Robert Laffineur and Robin Hägg, 1 volume, 496 p., 108 pl. hors texte  

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Open Access Journal: ISIMU

ISIMU: Revista sobre Oriente Próximo y Egipto en la antigüedad 
ISSN: 1575-3492

Isimu es una revista de periodicidad anual. Sus secciones separadas -dedicadas a los ámbitos originalmente definidos como Asiriología y Egiptología- están abiertas a estudios y resultados de la investigación hoy repartida entre historia, arqueología y filología, pero también y por su propia y declarada voluntad interdisciplinar, a los de las ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales alcanzados en las mismas áreas de Oriente Próximo y Egipto.

Journal table of contents

Year	Volumes and Issues
2007	10 [TOC only]
2006	9 [TOC only]
2005	8(**)
2004	7(**)
2003	6(**)
2002	5(**)
2001	4(**)
2000	3(**)
1999	2(**)
1998	1

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(Partially) Open Access Journal: Les Cahiers de Karnak

Les Cahiers de Karnak

En 1895, le Service des Antiquités crée la Direction des travaux de Karnak, confiée successivement à Georges Legrain (1895-1917), Maurice Pillet (1920-1925) et Henri Chrevrier (1926-1954). Entre 1955 et 1966, les travaux sont dirigés par Chehata Adam, Farid el-Chaboury, Mohammed Hammad et Farag Abd el-Mottaleb.
En 1967, un protocole est signé entre les ministres de la culture égyptien et français Sarwat Okacha et André Malraux, officialisant la naissance du Centre franco-égyptien d'étude des temples de Karnak (CFEETK), chargé de l’étude et de la restauration des temples de Karnak.

Depuis lors, le CFEETK est la structure qui a la charge des travaux de recherche et de conservation dans l’enceinte du temple d’Amon-Rê. Il est placé sous la tutelle de Conseil Suprême des Antiquités égyptiennes (CSA), du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) et du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes (MAEE). Le nouveau protocole qui a été signé entre le CSA et le CNRS en décembre 2007 a renforcé la volonté commune de coopération sur le site de Karnak. Depuis le 1 ^er janvier 2008, l’équipe permanente CNRS est devenue une Unité de service et de recherche (USR 3172).

Les travaux traditionnellement mis en œuvre à Karnak concernent les études épigraphiques et architecturales, l’archéologie, la conservation-restauration, l’anastylose de monuments et la mise en valeur du site. Ainsi, l'approche pluridisciplinaire est indispensable, égyptologues, archéologues, architectes, restaurateurs, photographes, tailleurs de pierre, dessinateurs, documentalistes, topographes travaillant ensemble dans le plus grand domaine religieux d’Égypte.
En plus de ses propres programmes, le CFEETK joue un important rôle de plate-forme d’accueil et de soutien à de nombreux projets internationaux.

[While the Cahiers de Karnak has been in the List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies since November 4, 2009, it has not had it's own entry in AWOL before today].

1 (1968) [TOC only] - 2 (1969) [TOC only] - 3 (1970) [TOC only] - 4 (1971) [TOC only] - 5 (1975) [full text] - 6 (1980) [full text] - 7 (1982) [full text] - 8 (1985) [full text] - 9 (1993) [full text] - 10 (1995) [full text] - 11 (2003) [full text] - 12 (2007) [TOC only]- 13 (2010) [full text - ]

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Open Access Journal: Phronimon

Phronimon: Journal of the South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities

Permission was obtained from the South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities to digitize all articles published in Phronimon. All published articles, as an online version of Phronimon, are subject to full institutional based access. View letter of consent.

• Phronimon Volume 1 Number 1 (1999)

• Phronimon Volume 2 Number 1 (2000)

• Phronimon Volume 3 Number 1 (2001)

• Phronimon Volume 3 Number 2 (2001)

• Phronimon Volume 4 Number 1 (2003)

• Phronimon Volume 5 Number 1 (2004)

• Phronimon Volume 5 Number 2 (2004)

• Phronimon Volume 6 Number 1 (2005)

• Phronimon Volume 6 Number 2 (2005)

• Phronimon Volume 7 Number 1 (2006)

• Phronimon Volume 7 Number 2 (2006)

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Open Access Journal: University Museums and Collections Journal

University Museums and Collections Journal

About the Journal
The University Museums and Collections Journal is a peer-reviewed, on-line journal for the
proceedings of the International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC), a
Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The Journal will appear at least once a
year. It is completely on-line and no hard-copy formal publication is available. However, the Journal is
an Open Access journal and is available free of charge or printing on demand is available at cost price. 


Goals
The goals of the University Museums and Collections Journal are to provide global, inclusive access
and distribution and to improve the museums, galleries and collections within universities worldwide
by stimulating discussion of relevant issues and concerns. 


Funding and Support
UMAC is responsible for the major costs of the Journal. It receives additional support from Humboldt
University of Berlin, Germany, in the form of a guarantee that the Journal will be archived and its
information will be accessible in the future.
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) provided a special grant to get the Journal started.
With your membership, UMAC is able to publish the Journal. UMAC, as an International Committee of
ICOM, receives funding from ICOM according to the number of its members. If you have found the
Journal helpful, please support its existence by joining ICOM and choose UMAC as your Committee
of choice!

University Museums and Collections Journal 4/2011
University Museums and Collections Journal 3/2010
University Museums and Collections Journal 2/2009
University Museums and Collections Journal 1/2008
Proceedings 2006
Proceedings 2005
Proceedings 2004
Proceedings 2003
Proceedings 2002
Proceedings 2001

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Accademia Fiorentina di Papirologia: Papiri letterari della Biblioteca Laurenziana

Papiri letterari della Biblioteca Laurenziana

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Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators

Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators

Scholars from the University of Chicago developed this teacher resource to provide an overview of Middle Eastern cultures and their contributions to the world. 

Discover the great currents of continuity and change throughout Middle Eastern history…


This resource was written by many of the best scholars in the field of Middle Eastern studies and created in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and three University of Chicago units, the Oriental Institute, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the eCUIP Digital Library Project.


The goal of Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators is to provide teachers of Middle Eastern history and culture with a rich, reliable, and easily accessible resource that draws upon sound humanities scholarship to help build student understanding of Middle Eastern history and culture. Drawing upon the unparalleled expertise of renowned scholars from the University of Chicago, the archaeological resources of a world-famous research facility and museum, and the inherent flexibility and strengths of the Internet, it is our hope that this resource will enhance teaching and learning about the Middle East in the nation’s classrooms.


Academically rigorous, thoughtful, and stimulating, Teaching the Middle East seeks to offer new ways of seeing and understanding by crossing cultural divides and illuminating how our shared human concerns cross oceans, time, and cultures.

For an up to date list of all Oriental Institute publications available online see

AWOL - The Ancient World Online - 2: The Oriental Institute Electronic Publications Initiative.

DataBases about Aegean Subjects

DataBases about Aegean Subjects (DBAS)

The DBAS project, the acronym of “Data Bases about Aegean Subjects”, starts in 2005 as a complex research tool for the study of specific themes, regarding the Aegean and the East Mediterranean areas in the pre-classical period, from the idea that a complete statistical analysis of the data of interest could be highly beneficial. Promoted by the University of Florence, this project has contributions by historians, philologists, archaeologists and computer scientists, both from the University of Florence and other Institutions. DBAS is a new kind of on-line consultation tool, a scientific portal organized in three main sections: Data bases for advanced research on specific topics, Bibliographic data bases, Tools and other implements for general research and for educational purposes.
The overall architecture of the web site where the project is hosted shows the merging in a joint system of a number of general features including:

• Linking of different data/sets:
  archaeological, iconographical, philological data and other records on selected topics will come together in dedicated data bases.
• Linking of different data bases:
  data bases on close or related matters will be combined to allow for search of chronological, geographical or thematic correlations. To further enlarge the perspective, the data bases will be connected to additional resources available at the site, like downloadable fonts, selected thematic bibliographies, photo galleries, etc...
• Linking to different web-sites:
  the DBAS structure will ensure, with appropriate tools, the connection to other web-sites offering different materials related to the main research themes developed in this project. This is a particularly relevant feature making DBAS an open structure not only to enlarge its records but mainly to involve other scholars and to improve the scientific quality of the available data.

The DBAS starts with:

• DBAS – CHS:  Cretan Hieroglyphic seals and seal impressions of Middle Minoan Glyptic
  A.M. Jasink, L. Bombardieri,
  F. Carminati, C. Faralli (technical support)
  This data base is a digital study of the wide corpus of Creatan Hieroglyphic Glyptic of the Middle Minoan period, dedicated to the interaction patterns between writing signs and iconographic symbols.
• DBAS – ACF:  The National Archaeological Museum of Florence: a Digital Archive for the Aegean Collections
  A.M. Jasink, L. Bombardieri,
  C. Faralli (technical support)
  On-line Catalogue of Aegean Collections of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze, in collaboration with Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana-Museo Archeologico Nazionale

The forthcoming databases are

• DBAS – AQ:  The Ahhiyawa Question
  M. Marino
  The aim of this project is to offer a complete searching tool for an analysis of all the matters related to the wide question of the Ahhiyawa land, through the evaluation of the most relevant bibliography on this topic as well as the original written sources about it. The data base will make possible also the direct reference to the texts where Ahhiya or Ahhiyawa is mentioned, offering all the texts (in PDF format) both in transliteration (or transliterations, where there is more than one version) and in original cuneiform.
• DBAS – TWC:  Textile work areas in Bronze Age Crete
  Archaeological indicators, typology and interpretation M.E. Alberti
  This data base has been built to give a preliminary picture of the relevant characteristics of textile work areas in Minoan Crete, especially during the Neopalatial period. Aim of the work is to propose a preliminary typological and functional classification of the included contexts and a first differentiation among various scales of production. Such a work will be extended to the Mycenaean period, including a comparison with the Linear B evidence.
• DBAS – MAE:  Mycenaeans and Amarnian Egypt: A Database of Mycenaean pottery found in Amarna Age Egypt
  B. Torrini,
  C. Faralli (technical support)
  The aim of this work is to shed light on the topic of the contacts between Mycenaeans and Egypt during the so-called Amarna Age, by analyzing a class of archaeological records as a whole. Practically, this leads to an on-line collection of pottery of Mycenaean style (Late Helladic III A2-IIIB) found on Egyptian land. Most of these objects entered Egypt in a time span of approximately 30 years, while the country was under the rule of Pharaoh Akhenaten, and under his immediate debated successions.
• DBAS – MID:  Mycenaean Insignia Dignitatis
  F. Gonzato
  For the study of the symbols of power in Mycenaean world, a data processing support becomes essential in order to collect, sort out and analyze all the evidence. The data base gathers the Insignia Dignitatis coming from funerary contexts from MH III to LH II (with a future extension to the later periods) examined especially in their reciprocal relation.

The DBAS web page offers, moreover, further supports for Aegean studies:

• Selected Bibliographies on specific themes and subjects:
1. A bibliography on Cretan Hieroglyphic Glyptic (linked to DBAS - CHS).
2. A bibliography on The question of Ahhiyawa (M. Marino) (linked to DBAS - AQ).
• News and Information about forthcoming Congresses, Conferences, Schools and other Meetings.
• Bibliographical Newsletter
• Links to other related web sites.
• Downloadable tools (5 new fonts are already on-line).
• Educational tools based on the UE directives on e-learning.

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies.