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Announcements

• May 27, 2011: A new release of our source code is now available on SourceForge. Updated data and text files are also available here. 
  
  
• May 23, 2011: Thanks to a grant from the Google Digital Humanities program, Perseus is pleased to publish TEI XML digital editions of Dio Chrysostom and Dionysius.
  Support from the Mellon Foundation has allowed us to add TEI XML digital editions for Jerome, Minucius Felix, and Tertullian.
  This release also includes fixes for line number displays in recently released texts, typos in Elegy & Iambus, the citation scheme in Athenaeus and entity voting errors.
  
  
• April 14, 2011: Thanks to a grant from the Google Digital Humanities program, Perseus is pleased to publish a TEI XML digital edition of Diodorus. Support for the Cybereditions project from the Mellon Foundation has allowed us to add as well TEI XML digital editions for Curtius, Horace, Cicero, Ovid, Sidonius, Prudentius and Seneca the Elder.
  Thanks to support from the U.S. Department of Education and the Max Planck Society we have also been able to publish Edward William Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon.
  

Open Access Journal: Jahresberichte des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts

[First posted 10/19/09. Updated 5/31/11]


Jahresberichte des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts

1960 wurde erstmals ein Jahresbericht des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts in der Zeitschrift Archäologischer Anzeiger gedruckt veröffentlicht. Ab dem Jahrgang 2006 wird der Jahresbericht in Farbe herausgegeben und ist von nun an gleichzeitig als Online-Version verfügbar.

• Jahresbericht 2006
• Jahresbericht 2007
• Jahresbericht 2008
• Jahresbericht 2009
  

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

Aigyptos Egyptological Bibliographical Database

AIGYPTOS: Eine Datenbank zur Literaturrecherche im Fachgebiet Ägyptologie
A Project of the Institute of Egyptology, Unversity of Munich, in cooperation with the Department of Egyptology, University of Heidelberg

AIGYPTOS was developed as a tool to enable a fast and precise search for Egyptological publications. With its help you can find the latest material for any Egyptological subject you are interested in either by use of a single search term or by combination of several keywords. The database was developed in 1990 at the Institute of Egyptology of the University of Munich, Germany. Since 1996 the Department of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany has participated in processing the material. The database concentrates on:

• comprehensive processing of the publications in the field of Egyptology since the publication year 1978
• high degree of topicality through continuous input of new publications
• extensive subject indexing of all material by means of a standardized and detailed keyword system
• quick and easy availability of the literature through a hyperlink to Subito, the literature delivery service of the academic libraries in Germany

In addition to the main issue, i.e. Egyptology from Prehistory until Graeco-Roman times, you will find material concerning Coptic and Nubian studies, but not to the same extent.

The collaboration with the Heidelberg University Library which started in November 2002 enabled us to enlarge the literature stock of AIGYPTOS considerably. As a result, the major part of the Egyptological literature starting with the publication year 1978, consisting of 52931 entries, is now searchable in our database. There will, however, always be some publications since 1978, which escaped our attention; if in your opinion you detect a severe lack, please send an e-mail with the relevant information to us.

Please keep in mind: The AIGYPTOS project does not aim at providing a bibliography of all Egyptological material ever published. For this you may refer to the Annual Egyptological Bibliography in Leiden, Netherlands where abstracts of Egyptological publications have been edited since 1947; also you may use the Bibliographie Altaegypten 1822-1946 which was compiled by Dr. Beinlich-Seeber (Munich/Wuerzburg, Germany). Links to additional tools for searching Egyptological publications are available here.

Pyramid Texts Online

Pyramid Texts Online
by Vincent Brown

Navigate through the site by means of the small plan of the tomb at the top of each page.

Any of the inscribed walls can be viewed individually by clicking on a wall.

Alternatively, the complete English translation or complete hieroglyphic version can be viewed.

Texts | Tools | Study | Photographs | Library | Book Shop | Blog | Links | Contact

NT Gateway Update

NT Gateway

Welcome to The New Testament Gateway, the award winning web directory of internet resources on the New Testament. Browse or search annotated links on everything connected with the academic study of the New Testament and Christian Origins. This major upgrade of the site improves navigation and introduces lots of new features. For all the latest information on the site, please visit the NT Gateway blog.

 Mark Goodacre has updated his list of relevant New Testament related E-Lists.

Assyrian Empire Builders

Assyian Empire Builders: Governors, diplomats and soldiers in the service of Sargon II, king of Assyria

In the second half of the eighth century BC, Assyria was the most powerful state in the Middle East: regions far beyond the Assyrian heartland in the north of modern-day Iraq, demarcated by the triangle formed by the ancient cities of Assur, Nineveh and Arbail, were annexed as provinces to form an empire that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, from the fringes of the Arabian desert to western Iran and central Anatolia.


About 1,200 letters and letter fragments survive of the correspondence of king Sargon II (721-705 BC) with his governors and magnates. They were retrieved in the shape of the original clay tablets during excavations in the royal cities of Kalhu (modern Nimrud) and Nineveh (modern Mossul). This corpus of letters between a king and his high officials, the largest known from antiquity, gives first-hand insight into the mechanisms of communication between the top levels of authority in an ancient empire.


The four crucial edited volumes of this correspondence in the Assyrian and Babylonian dialects are:

• S. Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (State Archives of Assyria 1), Helsinki 1987
• G. B. Lanfranchi and S. Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria 5), Helsinki 1990
• A. Fuchs and S. Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria 15), Helsinki 2001
• M. Dietrich, The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib (State Archives of Assyria 17), Helsinki 2003

With the kind permission of the authors and the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, this project brings together translations and transliterations of all 1,200 of these texts, adding explanatory and supplementary materials in order to provide the historical context.

Assyrian Empire Builders and Knowledge and Power are portals to State Archives of Assyria Online

and are components of The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC).

Searching Open Access Syriac eResources

Select Syriac eResources

A new tool allowing searches of the following resources:

Syriac Books

• Syriac Studies Reference Library, BYU/CUA: www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/cua/
• CPART, BYU: cpart.byu.edu
• eBeth Arké, Beth Mardutho/CUA/HMML: www.hmml.org/vivarium/BethArke.htm
• Goussen library collection: s2w.hbz-nrw.de/ulbbn/

Syriac Journals

• Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies: syrcom.cua.edu/hugoye/
• Parole de l’Orient : documents.irevues.inist.fr
• Collectanea Christiana Orientalia: www.uco.es/investiga/grupos/hum380/collectanea/

Syriac Manuscripts

• Syriac Manuscript from St. Mark’s Convent, BYU: cpart.byu.edu
• Hill Museum and Manuscript Library: www.hmml.org/vivarium/
• Mingana Manuscripts: vmr.bham.ac.uk/Collections/Mingana/
• Syriac Manuscripts online (maintained by Steven Ring): www.syriac.talktalk.net

General eBook Collections

• Google Books: books.google.com
• Internet Archive: www.archive.org
• Europeana: www.europeana.eu
• Gallica : gallica.bnf.fr

Corpora

• Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon: cal1.cn.huc.edu
• Oxford-BYU Corpus: cpart.byu.edu
• Syriac Library (maintained by Roger Pearse): www.tertullian.org/rpearse/thesyriaclibrary/

Databases

• The Syriac Reference Portal: www.syriac.ua.edu

Email Lists

• Hugoye List: groups.yahoo.com/group/hugoye-list/
• North American Christian Arabic Society List: groups.google.com/group/nascas

Other Resources

• DSpace at Leiden University: openaccess.leidenuniv.nl
• Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft: menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/dmg/
• Persée : Syria. Archéologie, Art et histoire : www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/revue/syria
• Dukhrana Lexicon Search: dukhrana.com/lexicon/
• E-corpus : Microfilms manuscrits Mt Sinai : www.e-corpus.org
• Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library: beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/
• Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: teca.bmlonline.it/TecaRicerca/

Meta: SPARC introduces Open-access Journal Publishing Resource Index

SPARC introduces Open-access Journal Publishing Resource Index
New resource helps streamline launch and operation of open-access
journals

For immediate release
May 26, 2011
For more information, contact:
Jennifer McLennan
(202) 296-2296
jennifer [at] arl [dot] org


Washington, D.C. – SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) today released a free online Open Access Journal Publishing Resource Index with information and documents to support the launch and operation of an open-access journal. Materials in the index will help libraries, presses, and other academic units on campuses as they work together to make the work of their researchers more widely available.


This new resource is launched in conjunction with the SPARC Campus-based Publishing Resource Center (http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering), which delivers a guide to critical issues in campus-based publishing partnerships, case studies, a bibliography and resource list, an index of collaborative initiatives (operated in partnership with Columbia University Libraries), and access to the LIBPRESS online discussion forum (operated by the University of California). The Center is overseen by an editorial board representing library and university press staff who are actively engaged in creating and managing publishing partnerships.

The new index complements the rich existing resource center by pointing to relevant sections in existing open-access journal publishing guides and to sample journal proposals, policies, bylaws, and other documentation to help with planning, development, and collaboration issues. Topics covered include:
•                  New Journal Planning
•                  Journal Publishing Program Policies
•                  Governance
•                  Editorial
•                  Marketing & Promotion
•                  Technical Platforms
•                  Sustainability Planning

Relevant sections of existing open-access publishing guides, including those by David Solomon, Carol Sutton, Kevin Stranack, Jan Velterop, Howard Goldstein and Raym Crow, and others are indicated under each topic area.

By highlighting samples and best practices, the index will help give campuses the tools they need to develop and maintain long-term, successful open-access publishing ventures. “As campus-based publishing gets more ambitious in scope, it’s important to build on the successes and challenges of earlier initiatives and adopt best practices,” said Raym Crow, senior consultant at SPARC. “Ultimately, campus-based publishing can offer universities greater control over the intellectual products they help create. SPARC is pleased to provide another tool to support libraries and publishers in sustainable, professional, open-access publishing.”

Lee C. Van Orsdel, Dean of University Libraries at Grand Valley State University, says faculty are beginning to consult librarians for advice on journal publishing options, including open-access models, and the SPARC site is a welcome resource. “We’re deepening our knowledge as quickly as possible, but it's a whole new area of expertise for most of us,” she said. “It will save us time and increase the probability that we can get to the right solution when advising our faculty on their best options.” 

The editorial board invites contributions from other campuses to help build this resource and expand the bibliography – especially with primary research papers on collaboration issues. “SPARC hopes this will seed an effort where people will give documents to share, making it a community hub,” said Crow. Members of the board and how to contact the managing editor with suggestions are detailed on the Center home page.

The Open Access Journal Publishing Resource Index is available online at http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering. 

SPARC
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC’s advocacy, educational and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research.

Open Access Journal: L'Afrique explorée et civilisée

L'Afrique explorée et civilisée

Volumes		Period of publication		Title
Volume 1		1879		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 2		1880		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 3		1881		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 4		1883		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 5		1884		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 6		1885		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 7		1886		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 8		1887		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 9		1888		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 10		1889		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 11		1890		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 12		1891		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 13		1892		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 14		1893		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel
Volume 15		1894		L'Afrique explorée et civilisée : journal mensuel

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

Open Archives of the Laboratoire Orient et Méditerranée

Le Laboratoire Orient et Méditerranée

Orient & Méditerranée est une Unité Mixte de Recherche, UMR 8167 en Sciences historiques, philologiques et religieuses, associant le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, l’Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris 1 et l’École Pratique des Hautes Études

Archives ouvertes : la collection de l’UMR Orient et Méditerranée

Much (but not all) of the output of the Laboratoire Orient et Méditerranée is available in open access. Items accessible are marked by this icon:    

• Liste des articles
• Liste par domaine
• Liste par auteurs
• Derniers dépôts
• Par année

Répertoire des sources philosophiques antiques

 [First posted 11/30/10. Revised and updated 5/27/11]

Répertoire des sources philosophiques antiques
par Martine Vidoni, ingénieur d'études au CNRS

Ce répertoire a pour ambition de regrouper les sources philosophiques primaires de l'Antiquité, des présocratiques à la fin du VIe siècle de notre ère, en fournissant pour chaque document une liste des éditions, traductions, commentaires et instruments divers utiles pour une recherche de première main. La bibliographie secondaire n'est généralement pas prise en compte.

Mise à jour : mai 2011

Auteurs anciens

Textes anciens

Références bibliographiques

Auteurs modernes

Open Access Archaeological Grey Literature Library

 [First posted 1/26/11.  Revised and updated 5/27/11]

Unpublished Fieldwork Reports (Grey Literature Library)

The aim of this resource is to make available unpublished fieldwork reports in an easily retrievable fashion. There are currently 10216 reports available and this number is increasing steadily through the OASIS project in England and Scotland.

Through this resource it is possible to list the reports by contractor, using the browse by contractor option and also to do a more advanced search filtering these reports by period, monument/artefact type and location using the search option. These unpublished reports cover archaeological interventions such as: watching briefs, excavation reports and building surveys. Desk-based assessments and specialist analysis are also included.

• Introduction

• Browse by contractor

• Search reports

Open Access Journal: Cahiers d’Études du Religieux - Recherches interdisciplinaires (CER-RI - ISSN 1760-5776)

Cahiers d’Études du Religieux - Recherches interdisciplinaires
ISSN 1760-5776

Les Cahiers d’Études du Religieux - Recherches interdisciplinaires (CER-RI - ISSN 1760-5776) sont l’émanation des activités du Centre interdisciplinaire d’Études du Religieux (CIER) au sein de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Montpellier (MSH-M). Ils diffusent, dans des numéros thématiques, les communications présentées lors des différents séminaires.

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

Open Access Publications of TOPOI

[ First posted 7/14/10.  Revised and updated 5/26/11]

Excellence Cluster Topoi: The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations


Knowledge Transfer in Topoi

Topoi edits its research results for diverse publications and events for both the academic community and the general public. In addition to publications by Topoi researchers and the book series “Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World” (published by de Gruyter) information on the work done in the Cluster is presented in the monthly newsletter Neotopia and the quarterly magazine Raumwissen.

Sustainability and Availability of Knowledge

The Cluster has developed various models to make the research archive accessible and to secure it in the long-term. Topoi pursues a consistent Open-Access and IT strategy. In the area of Open Access, Topoi is implementing a pilot project and a model study concerning analog and digital book publication, in cooperation with the de Gruyter publishing house. Results obtained by Topoi researchers are documented and secured in various research databases.

Topoi Publications

Publications by Topoi researchers are stored in the Topoi Publication Database. Search by author, subject or keyword. You can access the database via this external link: publications.topoi.org.

browse database

Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World

This publication series brings together contributions from all fields of classical studies, from pre- and early history and classical archaeology to ancient philosophy, theory of science and theology. Monographs and volumes which present the research results of the Excellence Cluster Topoi form a major focus of the series. Additional topics are currently being planned.

All Volumes are (or will be) available in open access

eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies

eTopoi is the bilingual online magazine of the Excellence Cluster Topoi and the Berliner Antike-Kolleg. It is available in Open Access, therefore the articles can be downloaded as pdf-files for free. eTopoi provides a forum for the knowledge exchange among all disciplines of ancient studies, ranging from Prehistory and Early History to Egyptology, from Middle East studies to Classical Archaeology, Ancient Philosophy, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Theory of Science, Theology and other fields.

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Raumwissen. The Topoi magazine

The Topoi magazine Raumwissen (The Knowledge of Space) provides high-quality coverage of research activities, vivid information, joyful elucidation.

Latest issue / All issues

Neotopia. The Topoi newsletter

Neotopia is the regular newsletter of the Excellence Cluster Topoi. It gives you brief information on upcoming and recent events, current projects, and new Topoi fellows.

Latest issue / All issues

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

Newly Open Access Journal: Méditerranée

Méditerranée

La revue Méditerranée a été créée en 1960 par Hildebert Isnard, directeur de l’institut de géographie de la faculté des lettres d’Aix-en-Provence avec l’appui de Jules Blache, recteur de l’université et Gaston Berger, directeur de l’enseignement supérieur au ministère de l’éducation nationale. Les objectifs sont définis dans la préface de J. Blache du premier numéro de 1960. Il s’agit de publier les études géographiques émanant des universités et des chercheurs aixois et de l’ensemble de la Méditerranée, de multiplier les relations avec les chercheurs des universités méditerranéennes. La revue a été conçue dès le départ comme une revue internationale et fédératrice avec pour ambition d’être un trait d’union scientifique entre les diverses rives de la Méditerranée comme en témoigne son comité de patronage en 1960 et actuellement son conseil scientifique.

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

And see also The Ancient World in Persée

Open Access Journal: Mémoires de la Société des Antiquités de Cassel

Mémoires de la Société des Antiquités de Cassel

Bände
1.1780

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Open Access Journal: The Historical Revue / La Revue Historique

The Historical Revue / La Revue Historique

The Historical Revue / La Revue Historique is an annual refereed journal of historical research in the human sciences published by the Institute for Neohellenic Research (INR) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) since 2004.It was established as a medium of communication and exchange of ideas with colleagues around the world. We invite original papers and critical perspectives from a wide range of fields within Modern Greek studies, but are not limited to it. Our intention is to provide a medium of dialogue and reflection in the broad field of historical study in the human sciences. In the effort to intensify scholarly dialogue the INR has decided to take advantage of electronic publishing to provide open access to the full content of the journal. A fully electronic publication management system ensures a speedy process, and offers authors the ability to follow the progress of their manuscripts through the publication process. Revised manuscripts of accepted articles are published immediately upon submission of the final version. Each volume comprises the total of the articles published during the year. The print edition appears at the end of every year.  The Greek Documentation Center (EKT), also part of the NHRF, provides publication management and technical support for the electronic publication of The Historical Revue / La Revue Historique.

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Open Access Journal: 西洋古典學研究 - Classical Society of Japan

西洋古典學研究 - Classical Society of Japan
ISSN: 0447-9114 / 0447-9114

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

Open Access Journal: Classical Studies Kyoto University

Classical Studies, Kyoto University
ISSN: 0289-7113 / 0289-7113

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

Open Access Journal: Princeton Theological Review

The Princeton Theological Review

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Open Access Journal: Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft

Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft

Nr.	Autor	Titel	Jahr	Band
1	Anonym	Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft. N.S. 1.1843	2011	N.S. 1
2	Bergk, Theodor [Hrsg.]	Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft. N.S. 2.1844	2011	N.S. 2

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Open Access Journal: Sitzungs-Berichte der Archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin

Sitzungs-Berichte der Archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin

Bände
1.Berlin, 1886
2.Berlin, 1886/87
3.Berlin, 1887
4.Berlin, 1887/88
5.Berlin, 1888
6.Berlin, 1888/89
7.Berlin, 1889

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Open Access Journal: Lithics

Lithics

Lithics is the [Lithic Studies] Society's annual, peer-reviewed journal. It is devoted to publishing research which enhances our understanding of past societies through the study of stone tools. Published in the spring of each year, Lithics contains research articles, as well as shorter communications, book reviews, a bibliography of recent publications relevant to lithic studies, and news of the Society's related activities.

Lithics 1 (1980)	Lithics 2 (1981)	Lithics 3 (1982)
Lithics 4 (1983)	Lithics 5 (1984)	Lithics 6 (1985)
Lithics 7 (1986)	Lithics 8 (1987)	Lithics 9 (1988)
Lithics 10 (1989)	Lithics 11 (1990)	Lithics 12 (1991)
Lithics 13 (1992)	Lithics 14 (1993)	Lithics 15 (1994)
Lithics 16 (1995)	Lithics 17/18 (1997)	Lithics 19 (1998)
Lithics 20 (1999)	Lithics 21 (2000)	Lithics 22 (2001)
Lithics 23 (2002)	Lithics 24 (2003)	Lithics 25 (2004)
Lithics 26 (2005)	Lithics 27 (2006)	Lithics 28 (2007)
Lithics 29 (2008)	Lithics 30 (2009)	Lithics 31 (2011)

See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies