Keramaikos.org Relaunch

 Keramaikos.org Relaunch 

Dear Colleagues, 

Our team is thrilled to announce the relaunch of kerameikos.org! Over the last year we have been diligently rebuilding our site to create a more accessible and engaging experience for users — whether they be experts, researchers, students, or those simply with an interest in ancient Greek pottery. 

For those of you who have yet to be introduced to our project, kerameikos.org is a Digital Humanities initiative dedicated to defining the intellectual concepts of ancient Greek pottery following the methodologies of Linked Open Data (LOD). We write standardized definitions in multiple languages for concepts including “artist” (e.g. “Achilles Painter”), “technique” (e.g. “black-figure”), and “shape” (e.g. “amphora”). Additionally, kerameikos.org aggregates museum and archaeological datasets into an information system that facilitates broader public access. Through the project, thousands of objects from multiple institutions that adhere to Open Data principles are available for analysis by museums, archaeologists, historians, and Greek pottery students and specialists. 

Our website now features improved navigation, updated search and browsing functions, new definitions, expanded translations, redesigned visuals, and up-to-date information on the project’s history and collaborators. Educators and students will find useful new resources including guides on our terminology and how Greek vases are used in archaeological study. Those interested in integrating digital methods in their own research might benefit from reading our body of publications or consulting our Linked Open Data bibliography.

Kerameikos.org is a deeply collaborative project. Though we are based at the University of Virginia, our team comprises researchers and experts from across the USA, Greece, China, Germany, and beyond. If you notice something on our site that needs adjusting, correcting, or adding, we welcome your feedback. You can submit feedback here with our Google form. 

Our project would not be possible without the support of our researchers, translators, partner institutions, and users like you. We invite you to explore our new website and to follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Thank you for being a part of the ever-growing kerameikos.org community!

Sincerely,

Tyler Jo, Ethan, Abigail & the team at kerameikos.org

 

Études d’histoire et d’épigraphie de D. M. Pippidi

Études d’histoire et d’épigraphie de D. M. Pippidi

Publié le 3 juin 2026 par Th. Castelli

Pippidi, D. M. (1988) : Studii de istorie și epigrafie, Bucarest [Études d’histoire et d’épigraphie]

Cet ouvrage rassemble 72 brefs articles dus à l’épigraphiste roumain, D. M. Pippidi, dont 48 sont consacrés à l’ouest de la mer Noire et quelques uns à Tibère, autre intérêt de l’auteur. La plupart mettent en avant des inscriptions et parfois quelques sources littéraires.

L’ouvrage rassemble en un seul lieu une somme de réflexions sur différents points de l’histoire parues dans différentes revues roumaines (les références de la publication originale sont indiquées).

L’ouvrage en ligne : https://biblioteca-digitala.ro/?pub=9924-studii-de-istorie-si-epigrafie

 

The Greek-Swedish Excavations at the Agia Aikaterini Square, Kastelli, Khania 1970-1987 and 2001. Utges i två delar sålda tillsammans : Vol. 4:1-2. The Late Minoan IIIB:1 and IIIA:2 Settlements, Text and Plates, 2011, ActaAth-4°, no. 47:4:1-2

The Greek-Swedish Excavations at the Agia Aikaterini Square, Kastelli, Khania 1970-1987 and 2001. Utges i två delar sålda tillsammans : Vol. 4:1-2. The Late Minoan IIIB:1 and IIIA:2 Settlements, Text and Plates, 2011, ActaAth-4°, no. 47:4:1-2

Erik Hallager (red.), Birgitta P. Hallager (red.) 

ActaAth-4°, no. 47:4:1-2

This volume is the fourth in a series of seven presenting the results of the Greek-Swedish Excavations during the years 1970-1987 and 2001 in the Agia Aikaterini Square, Kastelli Khania. The excavations which are situated close to the harbour of the modern town of Khania, western Crete were under the direction of Dr Yannis Tzedakis and Professor Carl-Gustaf Styrenius.

During the years of excavation the LM IIIA:2 and LM IIIB:1 period was always considered a unit, called "Level 4". The following detailed studies of stratigraphy, pottery and architecture, however, made it clear that the two chronological phases at the GSE also represented two different stratigraphic units. All excavated units within the LM IIIB:1 and LM IIIA:2 settlements are dealt with in some detail, according to their stratigraphic positions, after which follows the analyses of the architecture, the pottery and the different kinds of small finds. The volume ends with an appendix on statistics. The analyses show that in the LM IIIA:2 and especially the LM IIIB:1 period Khania was an important commercial centre in the Aegean with lively contacts all over the island and to the surrounding Aegean and wider Mediterranean world. This is partly shown by the distribution of the pottery from the Kydonian Workshop, and the production and distribution of transport stirrup jars several of which were inscribed with Linear B. The importance of the settlement as an administrative centre in the Aegean is clearly demonstrated by the finds of Linear B tablets.

ISBN 9789179160609

Hard cover

787 pages

Published 2011

Language eng

Open access (articles as PDF)

Contents |

Preface |

List of illustrations |

Introduction |

Abbreviations |

Bibliography |

Introduction to the LM IIIB:1 and LM IIIA:2 settlements |

LM IIIB:1. Building 1. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIB:1. Building 3. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIB:1. Street. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIB:1. Rubbish Area Southeast. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIB:1. Building 2. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIB:1. Courtyard. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIB:1. Between Buildings 1 and 2. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIB:1. North of Buildings 1 and 2. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIA:2. Building 1. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIA:2. South of Building 1. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIA:2. Rubbish Area Southeast. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIA:2. Building 2. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIA:2. Courtyard. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

LM IIIA:2. Rubbish Area North. Stratigraphy and catalogues |

Unstratified material |

The architecture |

The wall plaster in the LM IIIB:1 and LM IIIA:2 levels |

The pottery |

Industrial activities, personal adornments and belongings |

The terracotta figurines and the stone vases |

The obsidian |

The Linear B inscriptions and potter’s marks |

Index for Linear B |

General conclusions |

Appendix: pottery statistics |

Concordance list |

Index |

 

The stuff of the gods : The material aspects of religion in ancient Greece

The stuff of the gods : The material aspects of religion in ancient Greece

Matthew Haysom, Maria Mili, Jenny Wallensten 

 

ActaAth-4°, no. 59

The “material turn” in the humanities and social sciences has brought about an expanded understanding of the material dimension of all cultural and social phenomena. In the Classics it has resulted in the breaking down of boundaries within the discipline and a growing interest in materiality within literature. In the study of religion cross-culturally new perspectives are emphasising religion as a material phenomenon and belief as a practice founded in the material world. This volume brings together experts in all aspects of Greek religion to consider its material dimensions. Chapters cover both themes traditionally approached by archaeologists, such as dedications and sacred space, and themes traditionally approached by philologists, such as the role of objects in divine power. They include a wide variety of themes ranging from the imminent material experience of religion for ancient Greek worshippers to the role of material culture in change and continuity over the long term.

ISBN 9789179160685

Hard cover

248 pages

Published 2024

Language eng

 

Open access (articles as PDF)

Introduction |

Stuff and godsense |

Why did the Greek gods need objects? |

Of things and men in the sanctuary of Aphrodite (Delos) |

Incubation rituals. Creating a locality for the divine? |

Movable sacrality |

A room of one’s own? |

Resistant, willing, and controlled |

Decisive dedications |

The affordances of terracotta figurines in domestic contexts |

Investigating the instability of religious material culture in Greek prehistory |

Adding buildings to Early Iron Age sanctuaries |

An external view |

Ambiguity versus specificity in modest votive offerings |

Writing to the gods? |

The aesthetics of rare experiences in early Greek sanctuaries |

Dephi and the omphalos |

The stuff of crowded sanctuaries |

Index |

 

 

From snout to tail : Exploring the Greek sacrificial animal from the literary, epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological, and zooarchaeological evidence

From snout to tail : Exploring the Greek sacrificial animal from the literary, epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological, and zooarchaeological evidence

Jan-Mathieu Carbon, Gunnel Ekroth

 

ActaAth-4°, no. 60

Animal sacrifice fundamentally informed how the ancient Greeks defined themselves, their relation to the divine, and the structure of their society. Adopting an explicitly cross-disciplinary perspective, the present volume explores the practical execution and complex meaning of animal sacrifice within ancient Greek religion (c. 1000 BC–AD 200). The objective is twofold. First, to clarify in detail the use and meaning of body parts of the animal within sacrificial ritual. This involves a comprehensive study of ancient Greek terminology in texts and inscriptions, representations on pottery and reliefs, and animal bones found in sanctuaries. Second, to encourage the use and integration of the full spectrum of ancient evidence in the exploration of Greek sacrificial rituals, which is a prerequisite for understanding the complex use and meaning of Greek animal sacrifice. Twelve contributions by experts on the literary, epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological and zooarchaeological evidence for Greek animal sacrifice explore the treatment of legs, including feet and hoofs, tails, horns; heads, including tongues, brains, ears and snouts; internal organs; blood; as well as the handling of the entire body by burning it whole. Three further contributions address Hittite, Israelite and Etruscan animal sacrifice respectively, providing important contextualization for Greek ritual practices.

ISBN 9789179160692

Hard cover

270 pages

Published 2024

Language eng

 

 

Open access (articles as PDF)

Preface | 

From snout to tail. Dividing animals and reconstructing ancient Greek sacrifice |

From the butcher’s knife to god’s ears. The leg and tail in Greek |

Beyond burned thighbones. The anatomy of ancient Greek sacrifice |

Vous trouvez sabot ? Sur la table et sous la table, un morceau peu choisi |

Animal heads and feet in ancient Greek ritual contexts. Their relationship between sacred and profane |

Taking the bull by the horns. Animal heads in scenes of sacrifice on Greek vases |

Bucrane stylisé. Au-delà de l’ornementalité |

Heads, tongues and the rest. The kephale and its parts in the sacrificial practices |

Μέχρι σπλάγχνων. When is that? |

The viscera (splanchna) and the “Greek way” of sacrificing |

Blood and ritual killing: Exploring intuitive models |

To burn it all? The practice of holocausts and moirocausts in ancient Greek religion |

Burnt animals for the Hittite gods. Cremation as a type of animal sacrifice in Hittite Anatolia |

From flock to temple to table. The sacrificial animal of the fellowship offering in Ancient Israel in text and archaeology |

Animal sacrifice in parts. Theorizing bodily division in Greek and Etruscan ritual killing |

Indices |

 

Open Access Monograph Series: Graeca Tergestina. Storia e civiltà

 [First posted in AWOL 30 October 2014, updated 2 June 2026]

Graeca Tergestina: Storia e civiltà

• 01. Archives and archival documents in ancient societies
  Legal documents in ancient societies IV, Trieste 30 September - 1 October 2011 / edited by Michele Faraguna
• 02. Sale and Community Documents from the Ancient World
  Proceedings of a Colloquium supported by the University of Szeged Budapest 5-8.10.2012 / edited by Éva Jakab
• 03. When West Met East. The Encounter of Greece and Rome with the Jews, Egyptians, and Others
  edited by David M. Schaps, Uri Yiftach, Daniela Dueck
• 04. Legal Documents in Ancient Societies VI. Ancient Guardianship: Legal Incapacities in the Ancient World
  edited by Uri Yiftach Michele Faraguna
• 05. Eubulo e i "Poroi" di Senofonte. LʼAtene del IV secolo tra riflessione teorica e pratica politica
  Livia de Martinis
• 06. Le "poleis" e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni e società nell’antichità greca
  di Laura Boffo, Michele Faraguna

 And see AWOL's Alphabetical List of Open Access Monograph Series in Ancient Studies

Collection Traunecker MSS - Claude Traunecker Collection

 Collection Traunecker MSS - Claude Traunecker Collection

 

We are very pleased to announce the completion of the cataloguing of the Traunecker MSS collection on graffiti from the temple of Amun at Karnak. Created by Professor Claude Traunecker between the 1960s and 1990s, this collection is a treasure trove of information on secondary epigraphy from one of the most important ancient Egyptian temple sites.

The full catalogue is now available on the Griffith Institute Archive Online Catalogue: https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/.../traunecker-collection

The collection was reorganised, rehoused, and catalogued by Professor Elizabeth Frood with the assistance of Ella Bosworth-Gerbino (UCL).