Results 41 to 50 of about 894 (184)
Oud-Christeijke Epigraphie [PDF]
n ...
openaire +2 more sources
ABSTRACT This article presents an unpublished Sabaic inscription from the ʾAwām sanctuary of ʾAlmaqah, near Maʾrib.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
Officina di IG XIV2 – Civic Inscriptions from Hellenistic Kephaloidion
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
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
Child Ordination in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism
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
Epigraphy and Islamic history in South Asia
One of the great intellectual achievements and significant contribution of Islamic civilization to the science of historiography is its rich legacy of historical texts not being limited to chronicles and books but in other forms, including inscriptions.
Dr. Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq
doaj
Epigraphy and New Testament Exegesis
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
Amuleto celtíbero con leyenda, un ejemplo inédito en la epigrafía ibérica [PDF]
An unpublished sample of Iberian epigraphy on an odd bronze, lenticular token is introduced. Found out of an archaeological context, this piece shows three holes which suggest that it was used as a hanging or sawed amulet.
David Martínez Chico
doaj
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
The earliest documents in Old Javanese
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

