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Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean
A critical guide to electronic resources
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2016-12-12Workshop
The workshop «Epigrammata 4. L'uso dei numeri greci nelle iscrizioni», will take place in Rome, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, "Roberto Pretagostini" conference room, from December 16th to 17th 2016.
Program available here.
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2016-12-07Book
Manuale di epigrafia micenea. Introduzione allo studio dei testi in lineare Bndbook, which is the fruit of the collaboration of a group of specialists from various universities and research centres in Italy and abroad, aims to provide an updated overview about Mycenaean epigraphy. It contains an introduction to the writing and language of the Mycenaean texts and a detailed analysis of the main Linear B documents divided by topic. In the first volume the Linear B writing system and the Mycenaean scribal and administrative practices are analyzed and compared with their Minoan antecedents (Cretan Hieroglyphics and Linear A). The second volume contains a detailed description of the different production sectors as they can be reconstructed from the Linear B texts as well as a synthesis of some major topics relating to the Mycenaean world, such as geography, society, economy and religion. Each chapter is provided with an essential bibliography. The book ends with a glossary of the Mycenaean words. -
2016-11-11Mnamon seminars
On November 28th starting at 11.30 a.m. in Scuola Normale Superiore, Bianchi-scienze conference room, Palazzo della Carovana, the following seminar will be held:
Alessia Prioletta (CNRS - UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée) "Tra iscrizioni e graffiti, tra oasi e deserto: la pratica della scrittura in Arabia centro-settentrionale prima dell’Islam".
Live video streaming on YouTube
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2016-04-19Paper
The following paper on the proliferation of literacy in 7th century BCE Judah as documented in the ostraka from the Judahite fortress of Arad (ca. 600 BCE) has just been published online before print in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States".
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/04/05/1522200113.full
(D.Tripaldi)
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2016-04-13Seminar
On April 14th the seminar “Their (cuneiform) hands before our eyes. Paleografia quantitativa e tecniche di scrittura nel Vicino Oriente Antico” will be held by Michele Cammarosano (Julius-Maximillians Universität, Würzburg), within the Historical studies PhD program, at 3 p.m. at the Dipartimento di Storia, Archeologia, Geografia, Arte e Spettacolo, room 17, Via Gino Capponi, 9 in Florence.