http://www.currentepigraphy.org ISSN 1754-0909 (Online) Mon, 05 May 2008 19:09:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Available for review from BMCR 2008.05.02 (titles of possible interest to epigraphers): Bernabé Pajares, Alberto and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal. Instructions for the netherworld: the Orphic gold tablets. Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 162. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2008. xii, 379 p. $188.00. ISBN 9789004163713. Kruschwitz, Peter (ed.). Die metrische Inschriften ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/05/03/epigraphic-titles-available-from-bmcr/ The following titles from the Digital Classicist Work-in-Progress seminars are of potential interest to epigraphers: 6 June (NG16): Elaine Matthews and Sebastian Rahtz (Oxford), The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names and classical web services 13 June (NG16) Brent Seales (University of Kentucky), EDUCE: Non-invasive scanning for classical materials 20 June (STB3) Dot Porter ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/05/01/epigraphic-seminars-in-digital-classicist-wip-series/ This upcoming conference features several panels and papers of epigraphical interest. A preliminary programme can be downloaded here as a PDF file: CCC Programme. http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/29/celtic-conference-in-classics-university-college-cork-9-12-july-2008/ The following new reviews may be of interest to epigraphers: BMCR 2008.04.36: Review of: Sergio Daris, Dizionario dei nomi geografici e topografici dell' Egitto greco-romano. Supplemento 4 (2002-2005). Biblioteca degli "Studi di Egittologia e di Papirologia" - 5. Pisa-Roma: Fabrizio Serra, 2007. Pp. 147. ISBN 978-88-6227-004-5. EUR ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/28/new-reviews-at-bmcr-april/ CurEp will soon play host to a virtual seminar on some unpublished Greek and Latin inscriptions from Corinth. The seminar will be directed by Donald Laing and Paul Iversen, with collaboration ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/27/online-seminar-on-unpublished-inscriptions-from-corinth/ [Edit: please note the comment below, which contains an updated programme and additional information.] Several of the papers in this interdisciplinary two-day seminar appear to be of interest for epigraphers. Here is the full programme: 'Sikelia: Multilingualism and cultural interaction in ancient Sicily' There is evidence for a rich diversity of languages spoken ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/25/craven-seminar-university-of-cambridge-31-may-1-june-2008/ This is an informal discussion group, which usually meets Mondays, 1-2 pm (bring a sandwich if you like). Venue: the first floor seminar room, Ioannou Classics Centre, 66 St Giles. Monday, April 28: Angelos Chaniotis, "Automoloi in Hellenistic Crete: A (not that) new (but still unpublished) inscription from Chersonesos" Monday, ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/25/oxford-epigraphy-workshop-trinity-term-2008-the-first-three-talks/ Yesterday Mark Liberman over at the Language Log posted a short comparison of abbreviations in ancient Latin inscriptions, and the shorthand comminly used (and much reviled) in text-messaging and instant-messaging today (article titled "pont max tr pot lol"). While this article is light-hearted and only skims the surface of issues such ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/25/inscriptions-language-and-txting/ Simon Corcoran writes: A second copy of the letter of Licinius on military privileges, previously known from the Brigetio Tablet (dated 10 June 311), has been identified on a bronze tablet in a Bulgarian private collection. He provides a link to the Volterra Projet's page with transcription and further details ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/25/brigetio-tablet-another-copy/ The Centre for Computing in the Humanties, Kings College London, is again offering an EpiDoc Summer School, on July 14th-18th, 2008. The training is designed for epigraphers or papyrologists (or related text editors such as numismatists, sigillographers, etc.) who would like to learn the skills and tools required to mark ... http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/04/21/epidoc-summer-school-july-14th-18th-2008/