Mnamon
Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean
A critical guide to electronic resources
News
-
2008-12-29
Advanced seminar in Greek epigraphy
The seminar, promoted by the Istituto di Studi Superiori, is organized for Phd students, post-docs and young researchers wishing to learn more about Greek epigraphy. January 15th-17th 2009 Novotel Fiera, Via Michelino, 73 Bologna More information here
(G. Casa) -
2008-12-05
Review of the book "The Ancient Languages of Europe"
The book "The Ancient Languages of Europe" by Roger D.Woodard (ed), Cambridge/New York, Cambridge University Press, 2008,has been reviewed by Zsolt Simon, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (zsltsimon@nytud.hu) on Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
(A. Santoni) -
2008-11-26
New finds in Khirbet Qeiyafa
Last July, among the ruins of an ancient fortified town, inscribed pottery fragments were found at Khirbet Qeiyafa, near Bet Shemesh in Israel. The most ancient, according to a first analysis, is likely to date at the first quarter of the 10th century B.C. It contains an inscription of five lines; the others, which are more recent and smaller, have also been dated to the 10th century. It is still uncertain the identification of both the inhabitants of the site (Canaanites? Philistines? Israelites?) and, as a consequence, of their written language (late Canaanite? Phoenician? Hebrew?)
International Herald Tribune
(D. Tripaldi) -
2008-11-15
International Studies meeting on History and Archeology
Etruscans and Rome. The monarchic and late Republican periods
Orvieto, Palazzo dei Congressi
December 12th-14th 2008
More information:
http://www.museofaina.it/eventi.php
(D. Maras) -
2008-11-15
The Mediterranean and the history
International workshop
Epigraphy and archeology in Campania: historical readings
December 4th-5th 2008
Napoli
Palazzo Serra di Cassano, Monte di Dio 15
Download the brochure
(A. Santoni) -
2008-10-09
School on the History of Writing in the Classical World
The "Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents" (Oxford University) hosts a "Day School on the History of Writing in the Classical World", which will be held on October 25th 2008 at the Stelios Ioannou School of Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies.
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/bes/Events.htm
-
2008-10-09
Presentation of the experimental version of Mnamon
Mnamon, Ancient Writing Systems in the Mediterranean, will be presented on October 14th 2008 at 11,30 a.m. in Scuola Normale Superiore, Fermi Conference Room, Palazzo della Carovana. The sections concerning the following writing systems will be described: Cypro-Minoan, Cypro-Syllabic, Coptic, Demotic, Hebrew, Cretan Hieroglyphic, Egyptian Hieroglyphic, Greek, Hieratic, Latin, Linear A. -
2008-10-09
International conference on the Phaistos disc
International conference on the Phaistos disc on October 31st -November 1st at the Society of Antiquaries, Londra, Bourlington House, Piccadilly, organized by the review Minerva. Call for papers and more information
href="http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/bes/Events.htm
-
2008-09-30
Mnamon seminars
On October 7th at 11.30 a.m. in Scuola Normale, Fermi Conference Room, a seminar will be held by A.Avanzini (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico, Università di Pisa). The title of the seminar is: "The Corpus of South Arabian inscriptions: development and new organization of the CSAI database". -
2008-05-22
Workshops
Meetings Between Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean
XVII International Congress of Classical Archaeology
Rome,FAO Building, 22nd September-26th September 2008.
http://www.aiac.org/ing/congresso_2008/home.htm