Saturday, September 30, 2023

Mediterranean Highlanders: Violence and Identity in the pre-Roman Aterno Valley (Italy)

Scarsella, Elena
This PhD dissertation aims to investigate the formative dynamics of identity in mountain societies, through the case-study of the late Iron Age Aterno Valley (Central Apennines). The approach adopted in this PhD is not limited to one source of data, but involves landscape, cemeteries, macro and micro topography, and spatial and temporal distribution of material culture. Here, I advocate that peculiar and fragmented human landscapes such as Mediterranean mountains are prone to a constant scarcity of resources and hence to a fierce competition over them. This forces the people inhabiting these landscapes to adapt constantly their social and economic strategies to maintain a critical balance in the availability and circulation of resources. In this frame, violence, both in its display and practice, plays the pivotal role of redistributing and facilitating the (not always consensual) circulation of materials and wealth. This is particularly true for the period between the 7th and the 5th century BC, when a widespread display of aggressive power is clear both on the landscape and the material culture. This balance came to an end around the second half of the 5th century BC, when, for a combination of factors, the archaeological visibility of the area is blurred. By the end of this period of crisis, in the second half of the 4th century BC, a different balance gradually emerged, still competitive, but on the ground of trade, rather than violence. The Vestine identity formation process, as seen in the longue durée, is hence not a linear process but an ever-changing picture of which Roman literary sources were able to catch but a glimpse.

Date
2022-09-01
Advisors
Stoddart, Simon

eDiAna: Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of the Minor Ancient Anatolian Corpus Languages

[First posted in AWOL 23 February 2017, updated 30 September 2023]

eDiAna: Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of the Minor Ancient Anatolian Corpus Languages

The Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of the Minor Anatolian Corpus Languages (eDiAna) came into being as a cooperative project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft (HA 3372/7-1 und HA 3372/7-3, MI 1409/3-1 und MI 1409/3-3, RI 1730/7-1 und RI 1730/7-3). Its goal is to provide the first exhaustive lexical assessment of the entire corpus of the lesser attested ancient Anatolian languages, i.e. Luwian (in cuneiform and hieroglyphic transmission), Lycian (A and B), Carian, Lydian, Palaic, Sidetic, and Pisidian. This includes the philological documentation of synchronic word usage as well as the etymological component, linking the lexical stock of the languages mentioned above to that of Hittite and the other Indo-European languages. The Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of the Minor Language Corpora of Ancient Anatolia is intended to serve as a fundamental reference tool for Hittitology and for Ancient Anatolian and Ancient Near Eastern Studies as well as for Indo-Europeanists. The complete dictionary is available online and its use is free of charge.
Features
  • Dictionary Entries: 3155
  • Corpus Size: 38091 words / 942 texts
  • Literature Database: 4820 datasets

Open Access Journal: Egyptian Archaeology

 [First posted in AWOL 7 August 2020, updated 30 September 2023]

Egyptian Archaeology
ISSN: 0962-2837

The Egypt Exploration Society is a UK charity founded in 1882 by Amelia Edwards, following a visit to Egypt that sparked her passion for the country’s unique heritage.

Our mission today is to support and promote Egyptian cultural heritage, envisaging a world where the cultural heritage of Egypt is preserved for posterity.

The Society supports archaeological research projects throughout Egypt and Sudan. We rely almost entirely on donations from members and the wider public to fund our work and run an extensive educational programme of publications and training, as well as events to convey the results to interested audiences.

February 17, 2023
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Thursday, September 28, 2023

The Crew of the Sun Bark in the Amduat - Die Mannschaft der Sonnenbarke im Amduat

  • The Amduat is one of the most important Netherworld Books which was recorded in various kinds of Ancient Egyptian sources since the beginning of the 18th dynasty, especially the walls of the royal tombs. The main theme of the Amduat is the journey of the sun god through the underworld where the solar bark and its crew is the central scene of the journey. The study focuses on finding the reasons of choosing the crew’s members who manage the sun bark’s journey in the Amduat. It also aims at illustrating the functions and responsibilities of eachshow more
  • Das Amduat ist eines der wichtigsten altägyptischen Unterweltbücher, das seit dem Anfang der 18. Dynastie durch zahlreiche Textzeugen auf unterschiedlichen Schrifträgern, insbesondere aber auf den Wänden der königlichen Gräber, überliefert ist. Die vorliegende Untersuchung gilt der Darstellung der Mannschaft der Sonnenbarke im Amduat. Sie konzentriert sich darauf, die Funktionen und Zuständigkeiten der einzelnen Mannschaftsmitglieder darzulegen und festzustellen, aus welchen Gründen sie jeweils für diese ausgewählt wurden. Des weiteren werdenshow more
Author: Abdelhaleem Aly Ahmed AwadallahORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-287115
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Granting Institution:Universität Würzburg, Graduate Schools
Faculties:Graduate Schools / Graduate School of the Humanities
Referee:Prof. Dr. Martin Andreas StadlerORCiD, Prof. Dr. Günter Vittmann
Date of final exam:2022/03/11
Language:English
Year of Completion:2022
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25972/OPUS-28711
Dewey Decimal Classification:2 Religion / 20 Religion / 200 Religion

9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Tag:Amduat; Solar bark
Release Date:2022/09/27
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht
 

 

The Greek Philosophical Schools

Our knowledge about Greek philosophical schools is mostly second-hand and based on Diogenes Laërtius’ Lives of Eminent Philosophers (3rd century AD) and Philodemus of Gadara’s Arrangement of the Philosophers (75-50 BC) – hereinafter Syntaxis –, an extensive treatise in several books which represents the earliest ‘history of philosophy’ to have reached us directly from antiquity. From this work exclusively preserved by the Herculaneum papyri we may derive a virtually systematic account of the history of Greek philosophical schools, which is in many respects unique and much closer to the facts than Diogenes’ is. Unfortunately, the original manuscripts which transmit it are in a poor state and the currently available editions of them have largely been made obsolete by the latest technological progress. 

By relying on the most advanced technologies available today, the project aims to provide a new innovative critical edition of the whole treatise and its different sections, with extensive introductions and commentaries. In particular:

  • we shall apply noninvasive techniques to both opisthograph and multi-layered papyri belonging to Philodemus’ Syntaxis in order to (a) read the text hidden on the verso, (b) detect, classify and replace overlapping layers, and (c) read the text concealed inside the latter;
  • we shall combine these state-of-the-art methods with new, sounder philological approaches in order to produce a more reliable and substantially improved critical text of Philodemus’ treatise and its various sections through an innovative editorial system;
  • we shall produce an open-access electronic edition of it through a pioneering open-source scholarly Web platform, engaging the scientific community in an on-going and on-line collaborative review of our critical edition.

 

ETANA Core Texts Back Online.

 ETANA Core Texts Back Online.

Following an indeterminate period of inaccessibility, ETANA Core Texts and eTACT are back online.

For a full list, with links, of all titles available from this project see: Open Access Library: ETANA Core Texts

ETANA | | Vanderbilt University

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

 [First posted in AWOL 15 June 2012, updated 27 September 2023 (relaunch)]

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection, belonging to the Egypt Exploration Society and housed in Oxford's Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library, comprises thousands of texts on papyrus and parchment and is the largest of its kind in the world. It includes principally literary, documentary, and other texts in Greek, dating from the second century BCE to the seventh century CE; other languages represented include Latin, Demotic, Coptic, and Arabic. Most of the papyri come from excavations conducted at the site of Oxyrhynchus (modern Bahnasa) by Oxford classicists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in 1896–1907 on behalf of the Egypt Exploration Fund (now Society). Since then, scholars have worked continuously to catalogue, decipher, and publish this material.

 

Oxyrhynchus in Pleiades

Newly Open Access Journal: Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues accompanying temporary exhibitions.

The series entitled “Oudheidkundige Medede(e)lingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden” (OMROL) was published from 1907 up until 1999. Currently, all editions up until 1960 have been digitised and added to both the museum’s and Sidestone’s website.

An initial series from 1907 to 1913 is known as the “Oude Reeks” (old series), the volumes dating from 1920 and later are known as the “Nieuwe Reeks” (new series).

 

Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Volume 41 - 1960 (Nieuwe Reeks)

Edited by Wijngaarden, W.D. |

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues…



Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Volume 40 - 1959 (Nieuwe Reeks)

Edited by Wijngaarden, W.D. |

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues…



Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Volume 39 - 1958 supplement (Nieuwe Reeks)

Edited by Wijngaarden, W.D. |

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues…



Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Volume 39 - 1958 (Nieuwe Reeks)

Edited by Wijngaarden, W.D. |

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues…



Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Volume 38 - 1958 supplement (Nieuwe Reeks)

Edited by Wijngaarden, W.D. |

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues…



Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Volume 38 - 1957 (Nieuwe Reeks)

Edited by Wijngaarden, W.D. |

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues…



Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden

Volume 37 - 1956 (Nieuwe Reeks)

Edited by Wijngaarden, W.D. |

Since 1907 the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) has published the research results related to the collection of the museum and the museum’s excavations in their own journal, a series of monographs and catalogues…



 

Documenting Ancient Sagalassos; Sagalassos Arkeolojisini Belgelemek

Poblome, Jeroen (editor)
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The methods, concepts and practices of KU Leuven’s Sagalassos Archaeological Sagalassos speaks to the imagination in more ways than one. The authentic and natural beauty of the site no doubt plays a role in that. The Sagalassos Project testifies to the fact that its core business, archaeology, also appeals to the imagination. Learning about the past is fascinating, for young and old alike. Curiosity unquestionably plays a role in this. Archaeologists, as any other scientist, are driven to really know about past human activities. As they leave no stone unturned in their endeavours, archaeologists also stimulate the curiosity of society. The public at large is not only interested in the results per se, but also wants to understand how knowledge about the past comes about. This volume gives the word to the archaeologists and other scientists of the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project. They explain their ways, methods and concepts as they reconstruct and interpret the past of the archaeological site of Sagalassos and the surrounding study region. By bringing testimony to the broader discipline of archaeology, this book deserves to be read by scholars and students with an open interest in classical archaeology who wish to (re)discover some of the basics of the science and process. It will also be of interest to professionals involved with archaeologists and the wider interested public. Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

 
Contributors: Sam Cleymans (Gallo-Roman Museum Tongeren), Ebru Torun, Göze Üner and Özge Başağaç (independent architects), Rinse Willet (Radboud University) and Philip Bes (Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut), Fran Stroobants (Royal Library of Belgium), Dries Daems (KU Leuven) Johan Claeys (KU Leuven), Bas Beaujean (KU Leuven), Peter Talloen (Bilkent University), Ralf Vandam (Vrije Universiteit Brussel ), Patrick Willett (ARIT).
ISBN
9789462703834, 9789058676610, 9789058679796, 9789461665256
Publisher website
https://lup.be/
Publication date and place
Leuven, 2023

 

 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Travel Trails: Missions and Explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean,1500 -1830

 [First posted on AWOL 11 February 2019, updated 26 September 2023]

Travel Trails: Missions and Explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean,1500 -1830

In collaboration with the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation , the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies, at Athens, is proud to present TravelTrails, an innovative database, which delves into travelers' accounts in the Eastern Mediterranean from the 16th century up to 1830. Although this project started many years ago, its current form is the outcome of Aliki Asvesta and Konstantinos Thanasakis' efforts to provide the audience with a unique resource.

  And see AWOL's round-up of Open Access Travel Literature

Open Access Journal: E-Codices Newsletter

[First posted in AWOL 26 October 2020, updated 26 September 2023]

E-Codices Newsletter

Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
The goal of the e-codices project is to provide access to all medieval and selected early modern manuscripts of Switzerland via a virtual library. On the e-codices site, complete digital reproductions of the manuscripts are linked with corresponding scholarly descriptions. Our aim is to serve not only manuscript researchers, but also interested members of the general public.

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      La Table des rois: Contribution à l’histoire textuelle des ›Tables faciles‹ de Ptolémée

      Olivier Defaux
      book: La Table des rois
      • Funded by: Einstein Center Chronoi
      Volume 8 in the series Chronoi

      How could ancient astronomers accurately calculate celestial phenomena on the scale of several centuries? The Table of Kings is a simple list of rulers with the duration of their reigns, which allowed Ptolemy, an Alexandrian astronomer, to have a count of the years that had passed since the Babylonian king Nabonassar (8th century BC). Initially used for astronomy, this table captivated historians and chronology specialists from Antiquity. Rediscovered in Europe in the modern era, it is a crucial source for establishing a chronology of the Ancient Near East. The Table of Kings has always been a living text, modified by generations of scribes, completed over the centuries, sometimes up to the fall of Constantinople. This document with multiple lives is often quoted but has been little studied for its own sake. Historians of the Near East and specialists in the history of texts and sciences will find in this volume the first critical edition of Ptolemy's Table of Kings based on all known manuscript witnesses, accompanied by an investigation of the history of this document from its elaboration by Ptolemy to its use by modern historians.

      Comment les astronomes de l’Antiquité pouvaient-ils calculer avec précision des phénomènes célestes à l’échelle de plusieurs siècles? La Table des rois est une simple liste de souverains avec la durée de leurs règnes, qui permettait à Ptolémée, astronome alexandrin, de disposer d’un comput des années écoulées depuis le roi babylonien Nabonassar (VIIIe siècle av. J.-C.). D’abord mise au service de l’astronomie, cette table a captivé historiens et spécialistes de chronologie dès l’Antiquité. Redécouverte en Europe à l’Époque moderne, elle est une source cruciale pour l’établissement d’une chronologie du Proche-Orient ancien. La Table des rois a toujours été un texte vivant, modifié par des générations de copistes, complété au cours des siècles parfois jusqu’à la chute de Constantinople. Ce document aux multiples vies est souvent cité mais a été peu étudié pour lui-même. Historiens du Proche-Orient et spécialistes de l’histoire des textes et des sciences trouveront dans ce volume la première édition critique de la Table des rois réalisée sur la base de tous les témoins manuscrits connus, accompagnée d’une enquête sur l’histoire de ce document depuis son élaboration par Ptolémée jusqu’à son utilisation par les historiens modernes.

      La Table des rois de Ptolémée, astronome alexandrin du IIe siècle, présente une liste continue de souverains depuis l’Empire néo-assyrien jusqu’à l’Empire romain. Elle est une source cruciale pour notre approche chronologique du Proche-Orient ancien et du monde méditerranéen. Cette étude présente une description des témoins manuscrits grecs de la Table des rois, une nouvelle édition critique et une histoire du texte jusqu’à l’époque moderne.

      eBook
      • Published: October 4, 2023
      • ISBN: 9783111304458
      Paperback
      • Published: October 4, 2023
      • ISBN: 9783111303956

       


       

      Monday, September 25, 2023

      The Sword of Judith: Judith Studies Across the Disciplines

      Kevin R. Brine (editor), Elena Ciletti (editor), Henrike Lähnemann (editor)
      The Sword of Judith: Judith Studies Across the Disciplines - cover image
      The Book of Judith tells the story of a fictitious Jewish woman beheading Holofernes, the general of a powerful army, to free her people. The story has fascinated artists and authors for centuries, and is becoming a major field of research in its own right.

      The Sword of Judith is the first multidisciplinary collection of essays to discuss representations of Judith throughout the centuries. Bringing together scholars from around the world, it transforms our understanding of Judith’s enduring story across a wide range of disciplines. The book includes sections on Judith in Christian, Jewish and secular textual traditions, as well as representations of Judith in art, music and theatre. The collection includes new archival source studies and the translation of unpublished manuscripts and texts previously unavailable in English.

      Copyright

      Kevin R. Brine, Elena Ciletti; Henrike Lähnemann

      Published On

      2010-07-01

      ISBN

      Paperback978-1-906924-15-7
      Hardback978-1-906924-16-4
      PDF978-1-906924-17-1
      HTML978-1-80064-436-6

      Language

      • English

      Print Length

      534 pages (xix + 514)

      Contents

      The Judith Project

      (pp. 3–21)
      • Kevin R. Brine
      • Deborah Levine Gera
      • Henrike Lähnemann
      • Elena Ciletti
      • Barbara Schmitz
      • Deborah Levine Gera
      • Ruth von Bernuth
      • Michael Terry
      • Tracey-Anne Cooper
      • Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
      • David Marsh
      • Alexandre Lhâa
      • Gabrijela Mecky Zaragoza