SIGNS OF LIFE: Welcome to the The EAGLE Virtual Exhibition!

SIGNS OF LIFE: Welcome to the The EAGLE Virtual Exhibition!

This is a dedicated Epigraphy Virtual Exhibition to bring highlights of the EAGLE collections to the attention of a wider audience.

You shall find in it a good overview of what are Ancient Greek and Roman Epigraphy and what they deal with.

There are two views of the EAGLE Virtual Exhibition Signs of Life. If you like reading, start browsing the website version. If you like walking (and jumping), the Virtual Museum is what you are looking for, but be careful not to break any object! Children must be supervised at all times.

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Signs of Life - Website version

Signs of Life - Virtual Museum

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If you change your mind you can always go back and forth from the two, they are fully synced! Click on the 3D button () anywhere in the website version and you will enter the Virtual Museum.

Rooms

• Room 0: Introduction
• Room 1: Inscriptions and history
• Room 2: Script and Alphabets
• Room 3: Objects and the relation between image, text and context
• Room 4: Emotions in inscriptions
• Room 5: The stone cutter, methods and mistakes
• Room 6: Digital technologies for epigraphy
• Credits
• Links to other related resources
• Table of Contents

Revised and Corrected Texts of Walker and Dick's Induction of the Cult Image in Mesopotamia (2001)

 Revised and Corrected Texts of Walker and Dick's Induction of the Cult Image in Mesopotamia (2001)

Updated Critical Edition of Mīs Pîby Michael B. Dick

What follows are thoroughly updated files based on the Walker & Dick 2001 Critical Edition. These are temporarily available on this Siena College Web Page; eventually they will be part of the University of Pennsylvania’s Oracc collection. The files here are in PDF format. Some editing on them continues, e.g. I am continuing to place the English translation side by side with the Akkadian/ Sumerian rather than following as in the Book.Though these texts show page numbers, they do not correspond to those of the 2001 book.

• Use of these texts in scholarship should follow the Budapest Convention of November 2001.
• I ask you to send me corrections, new readings, new bibliography, and new texts for incorporation (with due credit to you): dick@siena.edu
• For incantation Tablet V, I have also included the Word 2010© file so that somebody familiar with Oracc’s *.ATF file format might help me in my gradual converting the text to that standard. If some kind soul could please send me several files or parts of that file showing the various steps in that conversion so I can use that as a template n all the files.

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Texts and Photos:

Introduction

Nineveh Ritual Tablet

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Babylonian Ritual Tablet (BM 45749)

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Incantations Tablet 1/2

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Incantations Tablet 3

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Incantations Tablet 4

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Incantations Tablet 5

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Incantations Tablet 6/8

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Aššur Tablet A.418 (Tod und Leben 27)

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Bibliography

Ras Shamra Tablet Inventory at OCHRE

Ras Shamra Tablet Inventory

The Ras Shamra Tablet Inventory (RSTI) aspires to be the foremost online resource for Ugarit Studies. From the celebrated myths to the more quotidian administrative lists, the texts from Ras Shamra-Ugarit are of great interest to students and scholars of Biblical studies and Ancient Near Eastern studies. These ancient texts, discovered by archaeologists beginning in 1929, provide insight into the religious, administrative, and daily life of the kingdom of Ugarit, some 3,200 years after its fall. After over 80 years of Ugarit studies, researchers like those at the Oriental Institute are still establishing reliable text editions of the thousands of texts. Printed volumes are an inadequate solution. The field needs an innovative, collaborate, and ambitious solution. The primary goal of RSTI is to integrate archaeological, textual, lexical, and philological research in a single database and present this data to researchers and the public through a simple, widely accessible, online digital interface.

This project builds on many years of research, including research from a pre-digital age. In 1978, Pierre Bordreuil and Dennis Pardee set out to document critical information about every inscribed object from Ras Shamra-Ugarit. In 1989, “La Trouvaille Epigraphique de l’Ougarit” (TEO) appeared in the series Ras Shamra-Ougarit, volume 5 (Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations, volume 86). This volume presents the archaeological context of every inscribed object, a description of the object size and type of writing, museum numbers, publications, text editions, and general remarks. Of course, the printed volume lacks information about the objects discovered after 1988. During his doctoral research, Prosser endeavored to create a relational database that included digitized TEO data, text transcriptions, translations, glossaries, bibliographic references, and notes. This database functioned well but was very limited. Through his work at the Persepolis Fortification Archive project at the Oriental Institute, Prosser became familiar with the OCHRE database system and immediately perceived its superiority for archaeological and philological analysis. See below for more on the OCHRE database system. Work began on RSTI in 2011, importing data from Prosser’s relational database and adding new data.

Deployed through both Java and familiar HTML user interfaces, RSTI presents dynamic and interactive text editions, prosopography research, bibliography, and related resources. RSTI uses the Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment (OCHRE) at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. The OCHRE database system was developed specifically for research in archaeology and philology. The underlying data model is well-suited to the heterogeneous and semi-structured nature of philological data. For more about the OCHRE database, see www.ochre.uchicago.edu.

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OCHRE Data Service Publications

OCHRE Data Service Publications

OCHRE is an online service available to anyone who wishes to use it for a legitimate academic purpose. Although it is a centralized database, OCHRE does not present itself as a single, anonymous authority. All data are organized according to "projects" conducted by one or more researchers. Any number of projects can join OCHRE and add their data to the database

OCHRE Resources

OCHRE: An Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment by J. David Schloen and Sandra R. Schloen, Eisenbrauns, 2012

The OCHRE Wiki, maintained by Miller C. Prosser and Sandra R. Schloen

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Open Access Monograph Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology

[First posted in AWOL 2 June 2014, updated 19 September 2017]

Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology

1908
	S.R. Driver [1846-1914], Modern Research as illustrating the Bible. The Schweich Lectures 1908. London: Oxford University Press, 1909. Hbk. pp. 95. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1909
	Robert H Kennett [1864-1932], The Composition of the Book of Isaiah in the Light of History and Archaeology. The Schweich Lectures 1909. London: Oxford University Press, 1910. Hbk. pp.94. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1910
	George Adam Smith [1856-1942], The Early Poetry of Israel in its Physical and Social Origins. The Schweich Lectures 1910. London: Oxford Unversity Press, 1912. Hbk. pp.102. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1911
	R A Stewart Macalister [1870-1950], The Philistines: Their History and Civilization.
1912
	C.H.W. Johns [1857-1920], The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples. The Schweich Lectures 1912. London: Oxford University Press, 1914. Hbk. pp.96. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1913
	F. Crawford Burkitt [1864-1935], Jewish and Christian Apocalypses. The Schweich Lectures 1913. London: Oxford University Press, 1914. Hbk. pp.80. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1914
	A. van Hoonacker [1857-1933], Une Communauté Judéo-Araméenne à Éléphantine, en Égypte, aux VIe et Ve Siècles av. J.-C. The Schweich Lectures for 1914. London: Oxford Univesity Press, 1915. Hbk. pp.91. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1915
	Édouard Naville [1844-1926], The Text of the Old Testament. The Schweich Lectures 1915. London: Oxford University Press, 1916. Hbk. pp.82. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1916
	Leonard W King [1869-1919], Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew Tradition. The Schweich Lectures 1916. London: Oxford University Press, 1918. Hbk. pp.155. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1917
	C.F. Burney [1868-1925], Israel’s Settlement in Canaan: The Biblical Tradition and its Historical Background. The Schweich Lectures 1917. London: Oxford University Press, 1919. Hbk. pp.104. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1918
	A E Cowley [1861-1931], The Hittites. The Schweich Lectures for 1918. London: Oxford University Press, 1920. Hbk. pp.94. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1919
	R.H. Charles [1855–1931], Lectures on the Apocalypse. The Schweich Lectures 1919. London: Oxford University Press, 1922. Hbk. pp.80. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1920
	H. St John Thackeray [1869-1930], The Septuagint and Jewish Worship: A Study in Origins. The Schweich Lectures 1920. London: Oxford University Press, 1921. Hbk. pp.143. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1921
	D.S. Margoliouth [1858-1940], The Relations between Arabs and Israelites prior to the Rise of Islam. The Schweich Lectures 1921. London: Oxford University Press, 1924. Hbk. pp.87. This material is in the Public Domain]
1922
	Israel Abrahams [1858-1925], Campaigns in Palestine from Alexander the Great. Schweich Lectures 1922. London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Hbk. pp.55. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1923
	Moses Gaster [1856-1939], The Samaritans: Their History, Doctrines and Literature. The Schweich Lectures 1923. London: Oxford Univesity Press, 1925. Hbk. pp.208. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1924
	David George Hogarth [1862-1927], Kings of the Hittites. The Schweich Lectures 1924. London: Oxford University Press, 1926. Hbk. pp.67. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1925
	Stanley A Cook [1873-1949], The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Light of Archaeology.
1926
	Theodore H Robinson [1881-1964], J W Hunkin [1887-1950] & F C Burkitt [1864-1935], Palestine in General History.
1927
	Montague Rhodes James [1862-1936], The Apocalypse in Art. The Schweich Lectures 1927. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. Hbk. pp. 115. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1928
	Thomas W Arnold [1864-1930], The Old and New Testaments in Muslim Religious Art. The Schweich Lectures 1928. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. Hbk. pp.47. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1929
	T. Eric Peet [1882-1934], A Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia: Egypt’s Contribution to the Literature of the Ancient World. The Schweich Lectures 1929. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. Hbk. 136. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1930
	E L Sukenik [1889-1953], Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and Greece.
1931
	R.H. Kennett [1864-1932], Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom as Indicated in Law, Narrative and Metaphor. The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1931. London: Oxford University Press, 1933. Hbk. pp.114. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1932
	Frederic G Kenyon [1863-1952], Recent Developments in the Textual Criticism of the Greek Bible.
1933
	Stephen H. Langdon [1876-1937], Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars. The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1933. London: Oxford University Press, 1935. Hbk. pp.169. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
1934
	Ernst E Herzfeld [1879-1948], Archaeological History of Iran.
1935
	S H Hooke [1874-1968], The Origins of Early Semitic Ritual.
1936
	Claude F A Schaeffer [1898-1982], The Cuneiform Texts of Ras Shamra-Ugarit.
1937
	J W Crowfoot [1873-1959], Early Churches in Palestine.
1938
	Adam C. Welch [1864-1943], The Work of the Chronicler: Its Purpose and Its Date. The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1938. London: Oxford University Press, 1939. Hbk. 163. [This material is in the Public Domain]
1939
	Jacob Leveen [1891-1980], The Hebrew Bible in Art.
1940
	Sidney Smith [1889-?], Isaiah Chapters XL–LV: Literary Criticism and History.
1941
	Paul E Kahle [1885-1964], The Cairo Geniza.
1942
	Wilfred Knox [1886-1950], Some Hellenistic Elements in Primitive Christianity.
1943
	William Barron Stevenson, The Poem of Job: A Literary Study with a New Translation.
1944
	G R Driver, Semitic Writing, from Pictograph to Alphabet.
1945
	C J Gadd, Ideas of Divine Rule in the Ancient East.
1946
	G Zuntz, The Text of the Epistles: A Disquisition upon the Corpus Paulinum.
1948
	H H Rowley, From Joseph to Joshua: Biblical Traditions in the Light of Archaeology.
1959
	Roland de Vaux, L’Archéologie et les Manuscrits de la Mer Morte.
1963
	Kathleen M Kenyon, Amorites and Canaanites.
1967
	Edward Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible.
1970
	Yigael Yadin, Hazor.
1972
	Charles Coüasnon, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
1976
	O.R. Gurney, Some Aspects of Hittite Religion.
1977
	Colin H Roberts, Manuscript, Society and Belief in Early Christian Egypt.
1983
	D.J. Wiseman, Nebuchadrezzar and Babylon.
1984
	Abraham Malamat, Mari and the Early Israelite Experience.
1986
	James Barr, The Variable Spellings of the Hebrew Bible.
1995
	Michael A Knibb, Translating the Bible: The Ethiopic Version of the Old Testament.
1998
	Othmar Keel, Symbol Systems of Ancient Palestine, in the light of Scarabs and Similar Seal-amulets
2001
	P R S Moorey, Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East.
2004
	Lawrence Stager, Ashkelon, Seaport of the Canaanites and the Philistines.
2007
	Dennis G Pardee, Ugaritic and the Beginnings of the West-Semitic Literary Tradition.
2008
	Graham Davies, Archaeology and the Bible: A Broken Link?
2010
	Fergus Millar, Religion and Community in the Roman Near East: Constantine to Mahomet.
2013
	André Lemaire, Levantine Epigraphy and History in the Achaemenid Period.

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