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Geomagnetic Intensity of Hellenistic Pottery and Stamped Rhodian Wine Amphorae From Jerusalem
ABSTRACT Stamped amphora handles produced on Rhodes during the Hellenistic period are well suited for archaeointensity studies because they often bear the names of annually appointed magistrates (eponyms) and fabricants, allowing dating to narrow time intervals.
Yael Hochma +4 more
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ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
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The Roman presbyters and la bella scrittura Filocaliana
The long‐standing collaboration between Bishop Damasus of Rome and Furius Dionysius Filocalus has prompted extensive scholarly research over the years, thereby forging a lasting and inseparable link between them. This article does not seek to undermine that bond; rather, it demonstrates – on the basis of surviving epigraphic evidence – that Filocalus ...
Julia Borczyńska
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StructFusionNet: Structural Feature Fusion in CNNs for Handwritten
Babylonian numerals constitute a fundamental component of the Mesopotamian sexagesimal numbering system and represent one of the earliest structured numeral representations in human history. Despite their historical importance, the automated recognition of Babylonian numeral symbols remains relatively underexplored in computational research. This study
Loay Alzubaidi +5 more
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A lead sling bullet of the Macedonian King Philip V (221–179 BC)
One of the most interesting ancient artefacts are the lead sling bullets, especially if they have images or inscriptions. The current paper presents a very interesting lead sling bullet, originating from southwest Bulgaria (found somewhere between the ...
Metodi Manov
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From Fragmented Data to Linked History: Developing the FAIR Epigraphic Vocabularies
The digital study of ancient inscriptions has undergone rapid growth. However, much of the data remains scattered across separate databases with varying levels of interoperability, presenting opportunities for improved integration that would facilitate ...
Petra Heřmánková +3 more
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Among the Anatolian epigraphic documents, numerous dedications are said to be made « after an order/command/dream » that is attributed to a god and that makes the dedicator act according to the divine will, or together with the divine.
Kevin Bouillot
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De la nuit et de l’obscurité : une étude icono-épigraphique maya
Although direct references to night are relatively rare in Maya texts and images from the Classic period, the value sign AHK’AB’ “night” is nevertheless omnipresent in them.
Cédric Becquey
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HISTORY AND THEORY AND PHILOLOGY NOW: TOGETHER IN THEORY
ABSTRACT In English‐speaking academe, philology has virtually disappeared as a defined discipline, although its traditional array of skills and techniques for reading, editing, and interpreting texts are indispensable to fields ranging from biblical studies through every language and literature and are central to historical research. Philology's status
Nancy Partner
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Four Brothers, One Grave: Reconstruction and interpretation of I.Milet VI 2, 783
The article deals with the grave inscription of the two brothers Eubulion and Demetrios, sons of Theopompos, written on a small stele from Imperial times. As is obvious at first glance, the inscription has been heavily tampered with: While the lines 6–14
Karin WIEDERGUT
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