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An Unpublished Inscription From the ʾAwām Sanctuary of ʾAlmaqah: New Evidence for a Royal mqtwy and Sabaean Campaigns in the ‘Land of the Abyssinians’

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 277-298, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article presents an unpublished Sabaic inscription from the ʾAwām sanctuary of ʾAlmaqah, near Maʾrib. The inscription sheds new light on the mid‐third century ad adventures of a mqtwy (‘officer’) of the Sabaean kings already known from epigraphic evidence: Whbʾwm Yʾḏf.
Justine Potts
wiley   +1 more source

Epigraphy and New Testament Exegesis

open access: yesReligions
Within the diverse paths of New Testament exegesis, a new approach is presented here, namely, interpretation against the background of epigraphic sources.
Deborah Hill, Markus Oehler
doaj   +1 more source

‘In the Manner of the Ancient Jewish Historians’: Parody and Satire, Panegyric and Censure in Eighteenth‐Century Mock Chronicles

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 233-257, September 2025.
Abstract In mid‐eighteenth‐century Europe, anonymous authors produced parodic satires masquerading as earnest exemplars of the chronicle form. Couched in an antiquated, quasi‐biblical register, these mock chronicles drew flimsily fictional portraits of modern life.
Zachary Garber
wiley   +1 more source

Early christianity in Iraq and the Gulf: a view from the architectural remains [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The spread and settlement of Christianity in the Arabic world prior to Islam is not the most popular topic. Archaeological focus was mainly directed to the early historic period and indigenous beliefs.
De Langhe, Kaatje
core   +1 more source

A lead sling bullet of the Macedonian King Philip V (221–179 BC)

open access: yesБългарско е-Списание за Археология, 2016
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
doaj  

Ciula, Arianna and Francesco Stella, eds., 2006. Digital philology and medieval texts. Pisa: Pacini editore. 208 pages + CD-ROM.

open access: yesDigital Medievalist, 2009
In January 2006, an international conference was organised in Arezzo, Italy, to discuss the principles and purposes of the critical edition produced with the support of humanities computing tools and methods.
Franz Fischer, Malte Rehbein
doaj   +1 more source

Child Ordination in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT This essay presents scholarship on the lifestyles of Buddhist young people who ordain before reaching the age of 18 or 20—ages that in many nations today signify adulthood. It covers questions about the forms of education provided young nuns and monks, the care and emotional support such children receive.
Liz Wilson
wiley   +1 more source

Officina di IG XIV2 – Civic Inscriptions from Hellenistic Kephaloidion

open access: yesAxon
This study delves into the only three Hellenistic civic inscriptions of Kephaloidion (modern Cefalù), a secondary harbour in northern Sicily. The inscriptions, despite their fragmentary nature, reveal unique linguistic and historical features that ...
Llamazares Martín, Andoni
doaj   +1 more source

The earliest documents in Old Javanese

open access: yesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This short contribution presents two recently discovered inscriptions from Central Java that are among the oldest documents in the Old Javanese language, namely a dated stone from Kesongo (685 Śaka/743 CE) and the Disunuh inscription (709 Śaka/787 CE ...
Arlo Griffiths   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Ancient Maya Script of Hand Forms Embedded in Figural Art: A Decipherment of Numerals Signed by the Rulers of Altar Q1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 2, Page 350-389, July 2025.
Abstract Ancient Maya texts are informationally dominated by hieroglyphic inscriptions and visually dominated by figural art with distinctly formed hands. The hands suggest iconographically embedded hand signs, which would constitute a unique modality of semantic expression and a discourse complement to hieroglyphic writing.
Rich A. Sandoval
wiley   +1 more source

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