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How the Romans Read Funerary Inscriptions: Neglected Evidence from the Querolus.

open access: yesHABIS, 2019
The late antique comedy Querolus (or Aulularia) makes a number of references to the ways in which the text of an inscribed urn was read. This is important, hitherto neglected evidence for the way in which encounters and interactions with inscribed objects, especially from a funerary sphere, were imagined in the Roman world.
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Learning from the Dead: How Burial Practices in Roman Britain Reflect Changes in Belief and Society

open access: yes, 2019
This paper begins by examining the burial traditions of the Iron age Britons and Classical Romans to see how these practices reflect their societal values and belief systems. The funerary methods of both the Britons and Romans are then analyzed following
Engel, Samuel F.
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: ṢANʿĀʾ NATIONAL MUSEUM - Part III [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This book is the third volume of the collection of epigraphic and archaeological artifacts from the Jawf valley, kept at the National Museum of Sanaa.It is devoted to a collection of 437 funerary stelae dating from the 8th to the 1st century BC.Together ...
Al-Hadi, Ibrahim   +2 more
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“Queens of Ghost‐Land” 134 Years Later: Un‐Masking an Appalachian Witchcraft Accuser

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1891, newspapers across America printed a story about witches in the Appalachian Mountains and the alleged powers they possessed to control their small farming community. The article was scathing in accusation and ultimately contributed to continued othering of the women profiled, increasing their visible vulnerabilities of class, gender ...
Aíne Norris
wiley   +1 more source

Scottish Archaeological Research Framework: Future Thinking on Carved Stones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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Buckham, Susan   +3 more
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Quality of Dying Among Institutionalised Nursing Home Residents From the Caregivers' Perspective: A Mixed‐Methods Study

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine how family caregivers of deceased nursing home residents scored and justified their ratings for each item on the Quality of Dying in Long‐Term Care scale and to identify the consistencies and discrepancies between their perceptions and the scores assigned when assessing the residents' end‐of‐life experience. Design A convergent
Daniel Puente‐Fernandez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐Designing a Model of Brilliant Care for Older People

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to co‐design a model of brilliant care for older people that provides clear, actionable principles to guide how brilliant care for older people can be realised. Background As the demand for and international importance of care for older people grows, so too does the negative discourse about care for older people.
Ann Dadich   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Inscriptions from the Tokat Museum I

open access: yesGephyra, 2006
New Inscriptions from the Tokat Museum IThis paper presents 10 new funerary inscriptions from the Tokat Museum. Some of the stelai are from Gaziura (no. 1), Zela (nos. 2 and 10) and Comana Pontica (no. 4).
Nihal Tüner Önen   +2 more
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Indigenous naming practices in the Western Mediterranean: the case of Iberian [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Iberian language is directly attested by ca. 2,250 inscriptions spanning the period from the 5th century BC to the 1st century AD, distributed between Eastern Andalusia and Languedoc.
Moncunill Martí, Noemí
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