Tuesday, March 29, 2016

A New Interpretive Study of the Evolution of Slavery in Hellenistic and Roman Greece

A New Interpretive Study of the Evolution of Slavery in Hellenistic and Roman Greece
By Elizabeth Meyer
Elizabeth Meyer, A New Interpretive Study of the Evolution of Slavery in Hellenistic and Roman Greece.
The overall long-term goal of this project is to create an electronic archive of all Greek manumission inscriptions that can be of use to epigraphists (scholars specializing in the study of ancient inscriptions) and historians (of antiquity, but also of slavery in other historical periods) alike. The project was initially conceived as a way of organizing one type of data on which my own study of slavery, manumission, freedman status, and inscribing habits in Greece during the Hellenstic and Roman periods would be based, but has rapidly become more technically oriented and more precise, since all work which uses inscriptions needs to reflect a high degree of care and accuracy. The project thus aims to satisfy the needs of Greek epigraphists, to the extent that they can be satisfied when they cannot work from the stones themselves, by providing high-quality color images (and details) of every inscription, complete physical descriptions, comprehensive references to previous readings of the texts, reliable information about where the stone can now be found, and Greek texts of my reading of the stones. But I would also like to make this material accessible to non-epigraphists, and indeed to non-classicists (e.g. students of slavery in other historical periods), and have therefore included English translations of all inscriptions in this archive, information about location and context when possible, and forms of tagging (e.g. to price) that will help non-specialists to gather information from this archive...

Browse the Inscriptions 
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt

Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt
by Francesco Raffaele 
To be completed
This is a detailed account of the History and Archaeology of the Egyptian Early Dynastic Period: check out the pages on the Second and Third Dynasty and on Dynasty 0. If you are interested in Late Predynastic Egypt (Protodynastic) and Early Dynastic period you'll certainly find here what you're searching for. There are also 4 corpora: First Dynasty Wooden and Ivory Labels, Early Dynastic Inscriptions on Stone Vessels, Naqada IIIb1-2 serekhs and Late Predynastic Decorated Palettes; articles, news, many pictures, images galleries, links and especially abundant text. 
ABBREVIATIONS => EGYPTOLOGY PUBLICATIONS: ABBREVIATIONS
ABYDOS BOATS (Funerary Early Dynastic Boats, discovered by David O' Connor in North Abydos)
ABYDOS NORTH (Royal Enclosures/ Talbezirke)
ADJIB (First Dynasty King; only an introduction, in Italian); LABELS
AHA (First Dynasty King; only an introduction, in Italian); LABELS
ANIMALS (Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt representations of animals)
ANNALS (New Annals of the Vth Dynasty, the 'South Saqqara Stone'). PALERMO STONE
ARTICLES (List of important articles on Early Dynastic Period and related subjects)
ARTICLES (of mine)
ASHMOLEAN PALETTE, DOGS PALETTE, HIERAKONPOLIS PALETTE
BA (Third Dynasty ephemeral king, uncertain chronological position)
BASTET (Goddess, incised name on a stone vessel fragment in a private collection)
BATTLEFIELD PALETTE, VULTURES PALETTE, LION PALETTE
BIRD (First - Second Dynasty I.P. ephemeral king, uncertain name reading)
BULL PALETTE
CORPUS => LABELS; => STONE VESSELS INSCRIPTIONS; => PALETTES
CHRONOLOGY (Predynastic - Early Dynastic)
DEN , WDJMW , DWN (First Dynasty King; only an introduction, in Italian) LABELS
DJER , ZER , SEKHTY (First Dynasty King; only an introduction, in Italian) LABELS
DJET , WADJET , SERPENT (First Dynasty King; only an introduction, in Italian) LABELS
DJOSER, NETERYKHET (Third Dynasty King; to be completed)
DJOSER' S COMPLEX, FOTOS
DJOSERTY ANKH => SEKHEMKHET
"DYNASTY" (On the term...)
DYNASTIES
DYNASTY "00"
DYNASTY 0
DYNASTY 1
DYNASTY 2
DYNASTY 3
EGYPTOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS (Link to another Website)
EMERY, WALTER BRYAN (1903-1971)
ENCLOSURES (Talbezirke, Open Courts, 'Forts'): => Abydos North, => Saqqara
FRANCESCO RAFFAELE E-MAIL (E-mail address of the author of this website, Napoli - Italy)
GEBELEIN PAINTED LINEN / TEXTILE (Naqada IIa-b)
HELWAN
HEMAKA LABEL
HESYRA (HEZYRA, HESIRE)
HIERAKONPOLIS TOMB 100 (Painted Decoration)
HOME PAGE, MAIN PAGE http://members.xoom.it/francescoraf/
HOTEPSEKHEMUY , HOTEP (Second Dynasty King)
HUNI , NISWTEH (Third Dynasty King)
HUNTERS PALETTE
IMAGE GALLERIES, INDEX
IMAGE GALLERIES, MY PHOTOGRAPHS
IMAGE GALLERIES, MAP AND PLANS
IMAGE GALLERIES, ARCHAIC SCULPTURE
IMAGE GALLERIES, CONTEMPORARY INSCRIPTIONS AND LATER KINGS-LISTS
IMAGE GALLERIES, CORPUS OF LATE PREDYNASTIC DECORATED PALETTES
IMAGE GALLERIES, EARLY DYNASTIC MONUMENTS FROM THE WEB
IMAGE GALLERIES, ARCHAIC RELIEFS (STELAE, DOOR JAMBS, FALSE DOORS)
IMAGE GALLERIES, VARIOUS OBJECTS
IMAGE GALLERIES, KNIFE HANDLES, IVORY COMBS, MACE-HEADS
IMAGE GALLERIES, STONE VESSELS INSCRIPTIONS (NARMER TO SNOFRU)
INSCRIPTIONS ON LABELS
INSCRIPTIONS ON STONE VESSELS => STONE VESSELS INSCRIPTIONS
IRY HOR (Dynasty 0 King)
IRY NETJER NEBTY => SEMERKHET
KA , SEKHEN (Dynasty 0 King)
KHABA (Third Dynasty King)
KHASEKHEMUY NETJERWYHOTEPIMEF (Second Dynasty King)
KHASETY, KHASTY => DEN
KNIFE-HANDLES (Decorated)
LABELS CORPUS
LABELS : EXAMPLE OF TRANSLATION
LAYER PYRAMID (Khaba)
LINKS (Other Websites Urls)
LOUVRE PALETTE
MACEHEADS (Scorpion and Narmer)
MENES (=> Narmer, Aha)
MERBIAPE, MERPUBIA => ADJIB
MERNEITH / MERETNITH (First Dynasty Queen)
NAQADA PHASES
NARMER (First Dynasty King) LABELS
NARMER PALETTE
NEBKA (Third Dynasty King)
NEBKARA NEBTAUY (Third Dynasty ? ephemeral King)
NEBRA (Second Dynasty King)
NEFERKA (Third Dynasty ephemeral King)
NEFERKARA (Second Dynasty ephemeral King)
NEFERKASOKAR (Second Dynasty ephemeral King)
NETJERYKHET, DJOSER (Third Dynasty King)
NEWS (About Important Early Dynastic Recent Discoveries)
NEWS (of this Website)
NINETJER , NINETER (Second Dynasty King)
NWBNEFER, NEBWNEFER, NEBNEFER (Second Dynasty ephemeral King)
ORIGIN OF THE STATE: PREDYNASTIC AND EARLY DYNASTIC EGYPT (Cracow 2002 Conference)
PALERMO STONE, RECONSTRUCTION
PALETTES (Corpus of Late Predynastic Decorated Palettes)
PERIBSEN (Second Dynasty King)
PERENMAAT SEKHEMIB (Second Dynasty King)
PREDYNASTIC
PREDYNASTIC AND EARLY DYNASTIC (Synthesis, Model, Chronologies)
PRINCESSES, QUEENS (early attestations for Royal Women in Dynasties 0-3)
QA'A , SEN NEBTY , SHOTEP NEBTY (First Dynasty King; only an introduction, in Italian) LABELS
QA HEDJET (Third Dynasty King)
RANEB , NEBRA (Second Dynasty King)
SANAKHT (Third Dynasty King)
SAQQARA (Plan and monuments)
SCORPION (II) (Dynasty 0 Hierakonpolis King)
SEKHEMIB PERENMAAT (Second Dynasty King)
SEMERKHET (First Dynasty King; only an introduction, in Italian) LABELS
SENED, SENEDJ (Second Dynasty ephemeral King)
SEREKHS (Palace façade device containing the royal name, generally surmounted by the falcon-god Horus)
SHUNET EZ-ZEBIB (Khasekhemwy's mudbrick enclosure at Abydos North)
SNEFERKA, SENEFERKA (First - Second Dynasty I.P. ephemeral King)
SOUTH SAQQARA ANNALS DYNASTY 6
STATE FORMATION: THE ORIGINS OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION (lecture scheme)
STONE VESSELS INSCRIPTIONS (Narmer to Snofrw)
TAGS, LABELS CORPUS
TEHENU PALETTE, LYBIAN BOOTY PALETTE, TOWNS PALETTE
TURTLES/ TORTOISES
UNIFICATION OF EGYPT (SEE ALSO: DYNASTY 0)
UPDATES OF THIS SITE
WEST SAQQARA
WNEG, UNEG (Second Dynasty ephemeral King)
ZA => WNEG (Second or Early Third Dynasty ephemeral King)
ZANAKHT (Third Dynasty King)
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Open Access Journal: Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie

 [First posted in AWOL 6 October 2013, updated 28 March 2016]

Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie
ISSN (print): 0137-3285
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Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie is an archaeological journal published by the Institute of Archaeology of Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

In a new form, it continues the tradition of the Recherches Archéologiques, published by the Institute of Archaeology since 1968. Initially, the journal presented mainly field reports from excavations conducted by archaeologists from the Institute. This formula was changed in 2009 to broaden the journal’s scope and open its pages for authors who are not connected with the Institute of Archaeology either in terms of employment or their doctoral studies. Therefore, a subtitle ‘Nouvelle Serie’ was added and a new volume numbering was introduced.

The journal presents general syntheses, published in the ‘Studies’ section, as well as the analyses of archaeological materials (which should be discussed against a broad, multi-aspectual background), published in the ‘Reports’ section. The contributions may address any aspect of archaeology and any period of prehistory or history, both in the Old and the New World. We look forward to receiving the texts from authors both from Poland and from abroad. Among the contributions accepted are also summaries of MA theses or extracts from them adapted for publication, as well as outstanding papers by students. Basically, there are no restrictions as regards contribution size. Extensive publications which offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the discussed issue and which are provided with adequate illustrations are warmly welcomed. One should note, however, that the journal does not publish reviews.

The journal is published both in a print and an on-line version. Consequently, all publications will be freely accessible on-line and, therefore, authors are kindly requested to complete and sign a form in which copyrights are transferred to the Editorial Board.

The Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie accepts contributions in all of the so-called congress languages (English, German, French, Spanish and Russian); the preferred language is English.
Current Volume

Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie, vol. 5-6

CONTENT OF VOLUME
<<< to read the article in pdf format click on the title >>>


Bibliography of Professor Bolesław Ginter
ÉTUDES
Krzysztof Cyrek: The oldest Middle Palaeolithic finds in the northern foothills of the Carpathians
Magda Cieśla, Paweł Valde-Nowak: Micoquian in the Northern Carpathians. Examples from Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine
Dariusz Bobak, Marta Połtowicz-Bobak: Bayesian age modelling of the Magdalenian settlement in the territory of present-day Poland
Paweł Valde-Nowak, Anna Kraszewska, Damian Stefański: Arch-backed and Tanged Point Technocomplexes in the North Carpathian zone
Krzysztof Hipp: Sarduri II – One of the most unfortunate rulers of the 8th century B.C.E
Małgorzata Franczyk: Fibulae AV 107–108 in the North European Barbaricum
Ireneusz Jakubczyk: Die eingliederigen Fibeln der Almgrens VI. Gruppe in der Przeworsk-Kultur – Fibeln des Typs A 158
RAPPORTS
Grzegorz Łaczek, Łukasz Miszk, Maciej Nowak: Materials of the Malice culture at site 28 in Świerszczów (AZP 86-94/218)
Krzysztof M. Ciałowicz: Excavations at the Western Kom at Tell El-Farkha 2011–2012
Ewa Oziemska-Żmuda: The results of the rescue excavations conducted in 2012 at site 2 in Jakuszowice, Kazimierza Wielka commune, świętokrzyskie voivodeship

Recherches Archéologiques (old volumes)

Recherches Archéologiques 1972

Recherches Archéologiques 1989

Recherches Archéologiques 1990

Recherches Archéologiques 1991-1992

Recherches Archéologiques1999-2003


Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie

Recherches Archéologiques nouvelle serie 1

Recherches Archéologiques nouvelle serie 2

Recherches Archéologiques nouvelle serie 3

Recherches Archéologiques nouvelle serie 4


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Sunday, March 27, 2016

One Off Journal Issues: The New Ancient Legal History

Critical Analysis of Law: An International & Interdisciplinary Law Review, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): The New Ancient Legal History
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Guest edited by Clifford Ando, The New Ancient Legal History gathers essays by some of the most interesting scholars in emergent areas of study in premodern law. Ancient legal systems are now attracting sophisticated study from a rising generation of interdisciplinary scholars. Their approaches are as varied as the material under study, but they share a critical engagement with the resources of contemporary legal scholarship and due regard for the evidentiary regimes that obtain in their separate fields.

Table of Contents

Special Issue: The New Ancient Legal History

The Varieties of Ancient Legal History Today
Clifford Ando
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When Law Goes off the Rails: or, Aggadah Among the iurisprudentes
Ari Z. Bryen
PDF
Means and End(ing)s: Nomos Versus Narrative in Early Rabbinic Exegesis
Natalie B. Dohrmann
PDF
Law, Empire, and the Making of Roman Estates in the Provinces During the Late Republic
Lisa Pilar Eberle
PDF
Calculating Crime and Punishment: Unofficial Law Enforcement, Quantification, and Legitimacy in Early Imperial China
Maxim Korolkov
PDF
The State of Blame: Politics, Competition, and the Courts in Democratic Athens
Susan Lape
PDF
Jewish Law and Litigation in the Secular Courts of the Late Medieval Mediterranean
Rena N. Lauer
PDF
The Servitude of the Flesh from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century
Marta Madero
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Consent in Roman Choice of Law
William P. Sullivan
PDF

Book Forum: Anna Su, Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power (2016)

Exceptional and Universal? Religious Freedom in American International Law
Peter G. Danchin
PDF
Religious Liberty and American Power
Saba Mahmood
PDF
America, Christianity, and Beyond
Samuel Moyn
PDF
Saving Faith
Anna Su
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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Hadrian's Rome: Online Course

Hadrian's Rome
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This free course, Hadrian's Rome, explores the city of Rome during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (117-38 CE). What impact did the emperor have on the appearance of the city? What types of structures were built and why? And how did the choices that Hadrian made relate to those of his predecessors, and also of his successors?
After studying this course, you should be able to:
  • demonstrate a critical understanding of a range of types of evidence for Hadrianic Rome, including literary sources, inscriptions, coins and buildings
  • describe the impact Hadrian had upon the appearance of the city of Rome
  • compare and contrast different interpretations of the Pantheon and other Hadrianic monuments
  • discuss how the wider Roman empire was visible in the art and architecture of Hadrianic Rome
  • evaluate the significance of commemoration after death to emperors, and how this was linked to divine rights to rule.
By: The Open University
  • Duration 10 hours
  • Advanced level
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Friday, March 25, 2016

Newly Open Access Journal: Nordisk Judaistik

Nordisk Judaistik
ISSN: 0348-1646
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Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies aims at promoting Jewish studies in Scandinavia by publishing scholarly articles, surveys and documents, by reviewing recent literature, and compiling bibliographies. The contributions are published in one of the Scandinavian languages, or in English, German or French, with an abstract in English. The journal is strictly academic and does not pursue any special religious, political or cultural policy.

Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies was established in 1975 and has for several decades been the leading academic journal in its field. It has published 26 volumes between the years 1975 and 2008.

The journal, originally founded in 1975, has been relaunced as an open access e-journal.
















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1975

Vol 1, No 1 (1975)


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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

New Online from the CHS: The Anger of Achilles by L. Muellner

 The Anger of Achilles by L. Muellner
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Cosmic anger and the poetic function of the mênis theme in Greek epic

Hour 25 members who have enjoyed our past discussions with Professor Leonard Muellner will be happy to hear that the Center for Hellenic Studies has added Muellner’s The Anger of Achilles: Mênis in Greek Epic to its curated collection of free, online books.

As in his first full-length volume, The meaning of Homeric εὔχομαι through its formulas, Muellner has focused this study on a single word and theme, but in this case his topic is nothing less than the subject of one of the foundational texts of the Western cannon.

The book has five chapters and an appendix:
Acknowledgments Introduction: Approaching Anger 1. Mênis and Cosmic Status in the Hierarchy of Peers 2. Mênis and the Social Order 3. The Narrative Sequence of the Hesiodic Theogony 4. The Mênis of Achilles and the First Book of the Iliad 5. The Mênis of Achilles and Its Iliadic Teleology Appendix. The Etymology of Mênis Bibliography
 
Throughout, Muellner combines philological and anthropological approaches as he presents careful, systematic and contextual analysis of each and every occurrence of mênis and its derivatives in Greek epic, eventually arriving at a new definition:

Mênis is an emotion that acts to change the world. It is not a word for ‘solemn anger’ but the sacred name of the ultimate sanction against tabu behavior, and epic personages invoke it to forestall people from breaking fundamental cosmic rules.

Each chapter builds upon the next as Muellner considers the words, formulas, themes, and texts that deal with this cosmic anger. Richard Martin has rightfully called Muellner a “homerist’s homerist” for his beautiful prose, original analysis, and technical skills as a philologist. Chapter 3, which explores the metonymic logic of the Theogony, supports such an epithet. It is a revelation that may change how you read ancient Greek myth generally. The appendix, which considers an Indo-Iranian term related to mênis, may feel less familiar to readers, but proves worth the effort. Rest assured, Muellner translates every passage he discusses, so even new readers of ancient Greek literature will find that this text is accessible and rewarding.
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