Epigraphy (Archaeology)

I have been asked to post these old numismatic/palaeography guides, long out of print. I caution they are likely out of date, and may well have been superseded by newer, more complete compilations.

“A guide to the reading of ancient Indian coin legends.  Part II: Brahmi”, Numismatics International Bulletin. Dallas, Vol. 10, No. 11 (Nov. 1976), pp. 371-384. Reprinted in the Journal of the Academy of Indian Numismatics and Sigillography. Indore, Vol. VI (1988), pp. xi-xxiv.

At the end of the fourth century, the Western bishops, many of them already considered ‘holy men’ by the Latin hagiographic tradition, emerged as an image of goodness posthumously admired even by those who, like the Jews and pagans, proved to be declared enemies of Christian truth. In his “Epistula ad Pacatum”, the presbyter Uranius astonishingly states that the Jews participated alongside the pagans in the mourning of Paulinus of Nola, even tearing their robes and mourning his death. However, the anti Jewish and anti-pagan preaching displayed by this bishop and the rest of the ecclesiastical hierarchy would indicate that such behaviour was alien to historical reality. We have enough examples to affirm that the “tópos” of holy bishops ‘loved’ by Jews and pagans became frequent in Christian hagiography. For example, Honoratus of Marseilles gives similar information about the funeral of Hilary of Arles or Paulinus of Milan about the funeral of Ambrose. Because of the accepted image of their innate perversity and their status as adversaries of Christianity, the Jews were no more than an abstract reference to express rhetorically the praise of the merit and virtue of the saint.

Following the previous patristic tradition, the Hispano-Christian authors oriented the historical interpretation as an essential element in the antiJewish discourse around the concept of the Salvation History. With the coming of the Christ, the Jews are 'evicted' from History in favour of the Verus Israel. The Augustinian theory of the 'witness people' would be assumed with probative value within providentialist history to the detriment of the ancient 'chosen people'. Subjected by divine design to Christian political power, the Jews suffer the deserved punishment for their innumerable sins. The inheritance of this stigma and the inveterate Jewish unbelief will arouse divine reprobation while allowing the Gentile people, guided by the light of the Christ, to be uniquely incorporated into the Salvation History.

Статья посвящена проверке давно и прочно утвердившегося в востоковедении тезиса о том, что конфуцианская философия и тем более историография, будучи нацеленными прежде всего на конкретные и рациональные задачи общественного управления, практически не затрагивали вопросы космогонии, «заменив» её космологией. Однако в последнее время утверждения о рациональности конфуцианского летописания подвергаются определенному сомнению-в том числе и в отношении корейской официальной конфуцианской летописи «Самгук саги (Исторические записи Трёх государств)». Сопоставление текста летописи с другими корейскими источниками позволило выделить три пласта, в которых можно обнаружить космогонические мотивы и элементы космогонических мифов. Такие сюжеты обнаруживаются в сообщениях об основателях государств, выступающих в качестве культурных героев, в подходе автора летописи Ким Бусика к изложению истории династических циклов (возникновения-расцвета-упадка-падения государства), а также в жизнеописаниях разных исторических персонажей, вынесенных в специальный биографический раздел летописи. Композиция этих биографий частично воспроизводит космогоническую модель цикла метаморфоз героя, предложенную Джозефом Кэмпбеллом. В летописном нарративе космогонические мотивы тесно переплетаются с космологическими, образуя своего рода бинарную монаду «инь-ян». Конфуцианская историографическая рационализация Ким Бусика не отторгает миф целиком, интегрируя в историко-политический морализаторский нарратив те его элементы, которые соответствуют канону историописания и значимости их для истории страны и народа. Сам процесс такой интеграции требует серьёзных усилий от историографа, поскольку миф порой «сопротивляется» такому переосмыслению. В итоге многие мифологические сюжеты отбрасываются, оставляя в историческом нарративе либо самые «сильные», наиболее значимые элементы, в каком-то смысле «пересиливающие» канон, либо те, что резонируют с мифологической основой самого канона.

This research aims to test the assumption, long-established in Oriental studies, that Confucian philosophy and, therefore, historiography, focused primarily on the specific and rational tasks of social management and government, which tend to ignore the issues of cosmogony, instead replacing it with cosmology. However, in recent times, claims about the paramount rationality of Confucian chronicles have been questioned. These doubts are of relevance in relation to the Korean official Confucian chronicle the Samguk sagi (Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms). Juxtaposing its text with other Korean sources, this article identifies three layers in which cosmogonic motifs and elements of cosmogonic myths can be found. These elements are observed in the stories about the founders of states as cultural heroes, in the approach of the historiographer Kim Busik to the presentation of the history of dynastic cycles (the emergence–bloom–decline–fall of the state), and in the biographies of various historical characters, which are included in a special biographical section of the chronicle. The composition of these biographies partially reproduces the cosmogonic model of the cycle of the hero’s transformations developed by Joseph Campbell. In the annalistic narrative, cosmogonic motifs are closely intertwined with cosmological motifs, forming a kind of a binary yin-yang monad. Kim Busik's Confucian historiographical rationalization does not reject myth entirely, integrating into the historical-political moralizing narrative those elements that correspond to the canon of historiography and their significance for the history of the country and the people. The very process of such integration requires serious efforts from the historiographer, since myths sometimes resist such reappropriation. As a result, many mythological stories are discarded, leaving in the historical narrative either the strongest, most significant elements, that in a sense overpower the canon, or those that resonate with the mythological basis of the canon itself.

Il libro esplora in dettaglio la storia della gens Fannia, una famiglia romana di origini plebee, rilevante soprattutto durante la Repubblica e l'inizio dell'Impero. L'opera guida il lettore attraverso testimonianze numismatiche, epigrafiche e letterarie, ricostruendo le vicende e l'influenza di questa famiglia nell'antica Roma.

395 Thomas LEBLANC La stathmologie et le marché des antiquités 403 Marie-Laure LE BRAZIDEC, Michel AMANDRY Photographies inédites du médaillon d'Hadrien découvert à Reims (Marne) en 1894 retrouvées dans les archives d'Adrien Blanchet 411 Christian CHARLET, Arnaud CLAIRAND Les patagons des princes de Gonzague, Charles I er et Charles II de Mantoue, frappés à Arches-Charleville CORRESPONDANCE 419 Mathieu BIDAUX La collection de médailles de la Maison Worms : commémorer des innovations du monde maritime SOCIÉTÉ 427 Compte rendu de la séance du 09 novembre 2024

The dynamics of rural churches thrones’ dedications reflects the local features of the formation of parish structure, both in Western and in Eastern Christian space. There is significant historiography on the theme of medieval and early modern church throne dedications; often one could find in the spreading of such dedications a reflection if saints’ cults spreading. For Muscovite Rus’, studying dynamics could be possible since the appearance of a correct description of rural space in late 15th century. Transfor mations of social structure of the former (medieval) Novgorod land after its incorporation into the Moscow state led to dynamic changes in the dedications of churches’ thrones and great change in the parish structure. The most important (and almost the only one) source for studying geography and nomenclature of rural church throne is the data of land cadastre that was hold by Muscovite administration immediately after conquering Novgorod the Great. Today there are no any reasons for fixing any «pagan traditions» (there were such ideas in historiography of 20th century) neither any traces of «republican features» in the parish dedications of Novgorod Land; local particularities in church dedications were more connected with pre-Muscovite landowners; some specifics could be found in church dedications in former archbishop estates. Searching for some regularities in throne dedications dynamics in comparative synchronic and diachronic perspectives allows to reveal, from one hand,  regional particularities of Novgorod Land (in the context of its integrating in unified confeccional space by representatives of Muscovite monkhood  in 16th century) and, from the other hand — the development of local practices of dedications (in the context of infiltration into Novgorod land the carriers of parish practices from other parts of Muscovite Reign in 16th century).

I am grateful to my fellow editors, Cristina Carusi, Francesca Maltomini and Emilio Rosamilia, for their help and encouragement as I worked on this project, as well as to the useful comments of the audience at the workshop Documenti, supporti, layout. Giornata fiorentina fra papirologia ed epigrafia, where I presented a preliminary version of this chapter. I would also like to extend thanks for the insights and suggestions by Alice Bencivenni, Michele Faraguna, Maria Serena Funghi, Charalambos Kritzas, Anna Magnetto, Marijana Ricl, Luca Ruggeri, and the two anonymous reviewers of the entire manuscript. 1 Sometimes it served more than one concurrent function within the same context (especially in papyrological evidence): on the paragraphos in literary papyri and manuscripts, cf.

This research paper delves into the historical significance of Goregaon, an inland port in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. Through thorough research into historical records, travel accounts, and on-site explorations, the paper sheds light on Goregaon’s role as an important center for trade
and maritime activities from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century CE. Despite the absence of material evidence due to urbanization, the current research paper reconstructs Goregaon's landscape and its importance in regional trade networks. The research paper talks about the geographic features of Goregaon, its connections with other inland ports like Nagothane and Mahad, and also its association with other significant trade routes. With the help of an ethnographic survey and interviews
with the residents, the paper also explores the cultural and social aspects of Goregaon, highlighting the diverse community settlements and their historical significance. The paper also talks about the architectural remains and loose sculptures found at the site, which gives information about Goregaon's rich cultural history. Additionally, there isn't a lot of primary and secondary writing available on Goregaon, and this study shows that more research and exploration are needed to understand its
historical importance as an inland port.

A Phoenician inscription found in Larnaka (Cyprus) in 1990 records the offering of a trophy to the god Baal Oz, “Lord of Strength”. The object was dedicated by Milkyaton, king of Kition and Idalion, during the first year of his reign (392/391 BCE). The offering followed the victory that was won – granted by the god, as the epigraph states – over certain enemies (who are not named in the text). Quite apart from its importance for the reconstruction of the eventful history of Cyprus, the document is undoubtedly of interest since it represents to date the only attestation of the onomastic formula b‘l ‘z. The objective of these notes is therefore to re-examine the inscription as a whole in an attempt to frame historically the figure of Baal Oz and to recognize some of the mechanisms through which divine qualifiers were “constructed” in the Phoenician context.

In occasione delle celebrazioni per i 70 anni dalla sua istituzione (1955-2025), l’Archivio di Stato di Ragusa promuove una call for papers per l’invio di proposte di interventi per un Convegno di studi sui 70 anni di attività dell’Archivio di Stato.
Il Convegno avrà come obiettivo principale la promozione della cultura, della storia e dei caratteri peculiari del territorio ibleo, attraverso la conoscenza e la valorizzazione delle fonti archivistiche.
Tutti i dettagli nel documento allegato.

This contribution highlights the largely untapped potential of local collections in Italy as a complement to archaeological research projects. It does so by using the example of the so-called Liboni collection, a large collection of ancient artefacts (mainly pottery) that was gathered during visits to local sites by Arnaldo Liboni, former director of the archaeological museum of Nettuno (Lazio, Central Italy). We discuss two examples where this collection has been integrated into Pontine Region Project research: the Nettuno and Astura surveys and the study of the spring sanctuary at Laghetto del Monsignore. Regarding the former, the collection includes materials of a quality and diversity rarely found in contemporary field surveys and provides information on sites that have disappeared from the (surface) archaeological record. For Laghetto del Monsignore, the Liboni collection provided a quantitative basis that allowed the detailed reconstruction of (changing) ritual practices during the lifespan of the cult place. These case studies underscore the significant role that collection-based research can play in archaeology, challenging the traditional view of museum collections as merely educational and display resources.

From the later decades of the twentieth century, the intensive archaeological investigations have been carried out in the interfluvial region of the Ajay-Damodar. The present article reviews the architectural characteristic of the early medieval brick-built Jain temple at Satdeulia in East Bardhaman district along with the Jain sculptures from the vicinity of the temple found at different times. Since the second half of the nineteenth century, the idea of the sculptural heritage of early medieval Bengal has been changed. Especially in eastern India and Bengal it has become an area of interest for antiquarians. Various types of pottery have been recovered from the villages adjacent to the temple and its surroundings, which are also undoubtedly significant. The features of the temple, the analysis of the Jain sculptures found and above all the pottery shed light on the archaeological importance of the site.

A fine bronze Buddha image (ca. 9th century), from Rejoso near Candi Plaosan in Central Java province, was recently found in storage at the Museum Ranggawarsita in Semarang. The Buddha is seated in bhadrāsana, the posture with two legs pendant, and with the hands in dharmacakramudrā, an iconographic type frequently found in South Asia and Java during the second half of the first millennium. This bronze is most remarkable for the Sanskrit inscription written on its back in a northeastern Indian script. The inscription cites the common ye dharmāḥ formula in unique combination with the heart mantra jinajik. Our study deals first with the artistic style and iconography of the bronze image. We then discuss the inscription and its paleographic features, and review the textual sources in which this special mantra occurs. Overall, we are concerned with questions of provenance, dating, and the controversial issue of the identification of the Buddha who is represented. We cautiously propose to consider the inscribed bronze sculpture as embedding a universal and imperial form of Buddhahood, and highlight its significance for our understanding of early tantric Buddhist iconography and concepts in ancient Java and beyond.

Resumen: el siguiente trabajo establece un balance historiográfico de los estudios sobre gladiatura y anfiteatros en la región de la zona oriental de la Tarraconense, particularmente en las ciudades con evidencia de anfiteatros romanos y actividad de la munera gladiatoria, especialmente en Cataluña. Para ello consideramos el contexto histórico y arqueológico de la gladiatura en dicha región; aspectos como la excavación de un limitado número de anfiteatros, como de Emporion, Barcino y, principalmente, el yacimiento de Tarraco, de la capital de la Hispania Citerior, posteriormente llamada la Tarraconensis, en su parte más oriental. Igualmente serán considerados los estudios de materiales arqueológicos, epigráficos e iconográficos vinculados, en dicha región, a la actividad gladiatoria, sistematizando la información historiográfica generada hasta el momento, discutiendo la problemática regional sobre la temática establecida. El estudio historiográfico permite conocer el estado de la cuestión, las discusiones más relevantes en la materia con el fin de establecer los trabajos de investigación a futuro.

considerados como vehículo de producción de alimentos para el difunto, y cuyo número resulta muy reducido en el suelo de Asturias 3 , las figuraciones de los astros, especialmente en el caso del disco solar, resultan mucho más abundantes. Y frente a una población en concreto (los vadinienses) y un suelo igualmente definido, el Oriente asturiano, que ha aportado hasta la fecha los únicos monumentos (naturalemnte funerarios), los signos astrales reflejados en las inscripciones latinas ocupan prácticamente todo el ámbito territorial de la actual Asturias. Ahora bien, si hacemos excepción, como analizaremos más adelante, de dos monumentos de carácter votivo (el dedicado a Júpiter hallado en Serrapio, concejo de Aller, y el consagrado a la Fortuna de los baños descubierto en Pumarín, concejo de Gijón, a los que tal vez haya que añadir el ara anepígrafa de San Martín de Laspra, concejo de Castrillón), el resto (más de una veintena) se corresponde con estelas funerarias, alguna incluso discoidea, como se observa en el caso de la descubierta en La Lloraza (Villaviciosa), cuyo estado de conservación no nos permite conocer la identidad del difunto ni de quien le dedica el monumento.

The scant representation of women from the territory of the Vascones in Antiquity constitutes a topic of significant interest, not only because of their limited representation in classical historiography but also because of their absence in studies that address this particular area among researchers of Antiquity. For this reason, in this work, we will focus on revealing those aspects of the female world through epigraphy through which women were projected and materialized in the cities of Los Bañales de Uncastillo (Zaragoza) and Santa Cruz de Eslava (Navarra). To accomplish this objective, an exhaustive compilation of epigraphic sources featuring female presence has been undertaken, scrutinising and contextualising the social, territorial, and onomastic dimensions inherent within these inscriptions. Ultimately, the findings of this study aim to elucidate the behavioural tendencies of women within the territory of the Vascones who were acquainted with Roman civic ideals.

Este artículo analiza la conocida inscripción procedente del desaparecido palacio real de Oviedo, caracterizada por la preeminente presencia en ella de la cruz de Asturias. Su estudio parte de la consideración publicitaria del mensaje y epigráfico, valorándolo en función de su utilización propagandística por parte de la Monarquía asturiana, analizando el simbolismo de la cruz, la escritura, su ordinatio y formulismos, siempre en relación con su contexto epigráfico.

IN the religions history of Greece there is no subject more important than that of the Eleusinian mysteries; and, at the same time, there is none concerning which ideas more false are generally prevalent, even in a public composed of the best scholars. The interest and even the obscurity of the matter, the superstitious reticence with which ancient writers have encompassed themselves when speaking of it, have given scope to invention. Hence so may fanciful speculations with regard to these mysteries, which have too easily obtained credence, and against which the hypercritical school has thought it only possible to react by simple negations, and hence so many prejudices and false ideas, which are far from being yet sufficiently uprooted.

I have endeavoured in the following pages to collect all that is positively known about the Eleusinia either through literary evidence, through inscriptions, or through monuments of art, and out of this to reconstruct as far as possible their history, their personnel, their rules of discipline, their public ceremonies, and their mysterious exhibitions. Nothing has here been left to fancy or to the caprices of the imagination; everything rests on formal and precise evidence. In order not to fatigue the reader I have been very sparing of erudite references; but, had I wished to do so, I could have multiplied these references to a very large extent, for there is no sentence in the present essay which is not supported by an adequate ancient text. It occurred to me that a public so enlightened, and so friendly to serious and classical studies, as the English public, might find some interest in this circumstantial description of that one of the religious institutions of Greece which has always been considered as the highest and most sacred, and which has exerted on the Hellenes the greatest moral influence.

Interlinear or marginalia authorial notes as peculiar textual offshoots are particularly characteristic of self-revised holographs. It is not always easy to distinguish this kind of inscriptions from textual additions, expansions, or alternative variants, i.e., “competitive revisions”, when the author did not indicate which of the variants should have priority. The discussion of manuscripts by several twentieth-century Lithuanian poets reveals illuminative editorial misapprehensions and brings us to consider the functional variety of authorial notes. When discussing such cases, we face a more general theoretical problem: how do we modernize the arrangement of textual elements in a reading text so that we may stick to the original as much as possible, without sending false signals to the reader about the nature of textual elements?

Attraverso due grandi autori di splendidi volumi su Catania, il Rasà Napoli e Lucio Sciacca,  è stato possibile descrivere cos’era la contrada S. Giorgio, un quartiere periferico della città di Catania prima che si trasformasse oggi, nell’ attuale e massiccia edificazione, in parte abusiva, inglobata nella “Città Satellite” del vicino quartiere Librino, anch’esso un agglomerato di palazzi di cemento armato che hanno divorato voracemente quello che la natura offriva e tutto ciò che l’uomo aveva coltivato in passato per la produzione agroalimentare.

Акчурин М.М. Отражение событий Смутного времени начала XVII века в преданиях о предках Каюма Насыри // Из истории и культуры народов Среднего Поволжья. 2024. Т.14, №4. С.14–23. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-4.14-23

В данной статье рассмотрены предания о Габдераззаке, предке известного татарского ученого и просветителя Каюма Насыри (1825–1902). Предания были записаны самим Каюмом Насыри со слов жителей д. Верхние Ширданы. Анализ сообщений из этих преданий позволяет сделать заключение, что в них, действительно, могли отражаться некоторые события разных периодов Смутного времени, происходившие в начале XVII в. в Московском государстве.

This article examines the legends about Gabderazzak, the ancestor of the famous Tatar scholar and educator Kayum Nasyri (1825–1902). The legends were written down by Kayum Nasyri himself from the words of the residents of the village of Verkhnie Shirdany. An analysis of the messages from these legends allows us to conclude that they could indeed reflect some events of different periods of the Time of Troubles that
took place in the early 17th century in the Muscovite state.

Per il corredo iconografico, tutti gli oneri dei diritti d'uso delle immagini sono stati assolti dagli autori, che restano comunque a disposizione di eventuali detentori dei diritti che non è stato possibile contattare. È vietata la riproduzione con qualsiasi procedimento della presente opera o di parti di essa.

Un capitel califal con el nombre de Nas . r Virgilio Martínez enaMorado * Jesús MoraiMe ** (*) doctor en Historia Medieval (**) investigador independiente El objeto de estudio en este trabajo es un capitel califal con la inscripción del nombre del tallista, Nas . r. El análisis del capitel y del epígrafe árabe en escritura cúfica nos permite situarlo en la segunda mitad del siglo X y extraer destacadas conclusiones sobre los capiteles de al-Andalus de esas fechas y sobre los personajes vinculados a la corte omeya.

Son muy numerosas las piezas arqueológicas encontradas de manera casual o mediante intervención a las que dificilmente se les puede dar interpretaciones claras sobre su uso y funcionalidad. Muchas de ellas pertenecen al registro arqueológico andalusí y, aunque ofrezcan en buena parte textos epigráficos más o menos descifrables por expertos, las dudas que se ciernen son muy superiores en número a las certezas. Y no tanto por cuestiones cronológicas, en general bien resueltas por los especialistas en escritura monumental árabe, como por funcionalidades. Por ello, resulta elemental plantear hipótesis que permitan acercarse a esos objetos, aparentemente irrelevantes en muchos casos, que, sin embargo, aportan casi siempre una destacada información. La "arqueología del objeto" se convierte así en la disciplina llamada a reivindicar la menudencia para, desde ella, construir edificios interpretativos de mayor consistencia.

Un’iscrizione frammentaria in lingua latina di provenienza incerta, esposta all’interno del
Museo Archeologico dell’Università di Catania 1 , desta interesse per le notizie che contiene: attestazione del duovirato e menzione di un personaggio forse appartenente a una nota gens di Centuripe, cittadina nell’ennese. Tali informazioni si rivelano utili per gettare altra luce sui processi di mobilità e mutamento occorsi alle élites provinciali tra I secolo a.C. e I secolo d.C.

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology is home to an extensive Accredited collection and archive - but also to 19th and early 20th century "ephemera" numbering in the hundreds: makeshift museum packaging and archival titbits repurposed from early excavations. Food wrappers, newspaper pages, receipts and lecture invitations, fragments of administrative forms and annotated tobacco boxes... These speak of life in the field, of academic rivalries and early museum operations.
This paper considers the potential of such archaeological ephemera collections in museums. This material is often present in historic collections, but is yet to be discussed from a theoretical perspective, and lacks alignment in collections management practice across the sector.
By replicating archaeological thought and methodology in the archive, ephemera allow for a continuation of the archaeological process of investigation: thus material can continue to be "excavated" by generations of archaeologists, to reconcile existing records and reveal significant new information about formerly excavated sites.
This paper also explores how archaeological methods can be applied to ephemera in a museological context to unearth additional object histories - from histories of display and museum activities to insights on archaeological knowledge production.
The Petrie ephemera are a reminder to consider all that is left behind in the official, traditional outputs of our discipline. They bring to the fore voices that have rarely been amplified - Egyptian archaeologists and officials, students, secretaries, fieldworkers, volunteers and museum assistants. They prompt us to consider what, how, and even if things have changed in our practice over the past 100 years.

The publication of the 11th volume of ICI, edited by Valeria Cipollone, presents a fundamental point in the study of early-Christian epigraphic material from the city of Chiusi, giving a broad picture of evidence relating to the area's first Christian community, amply represented by the remains of the cemetery and religious complex of Santa Mustiola, the cathedral of San Secondiano and-less conclusively-some archaeological indicators from the Santa Caterina hypogea. Reflections arising from discussions with Fabrizio Bisconti led to the redefinition of the intervention as a more general evaluation of epigraphic sources due to a greater understanding of their provenance; meanwhile, work continues on the chronological and typological identification of the monuments, and the intersection of information gleaned from inscriptions and new data emerging from more recent archeological investigations conducted at the catacomb of Santa Mustiola. The project, promoted by Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, involved the systematic examination of burials in the eastern section of the cemetery, and revealed exceptionally layered deposits, indicating at least two distinct phases of use. With this new information as its starting point, the purpose of this report is to attempt to compare data provided by inscriptions found in the cemetery with that derived from the most recent archaeological surveys, and also drawing on the anthropological examination of skeletal remains. Considered as a springboard for future research on the monumental complexes of Chiusi, this approach suffers from a certain amount of vagueness regarding the exact provenance of many of the inscriptions recorded, as well as the still partial status of digs carried out to date. Nevertheless, despite the patchy nature of the information, new questions and points for reflection appear to emerge, leading us to rethink the traditional chronology of the Christian monuments of late-antiquity Clusium and a more accurate definition of the channels that are addressed by them.

Il caso di Pyrgi, il principale porto di Caere, può rappresentare un punto di partenza significativo per la possibilità di indagare l’incidenza del dono delle armi in un complesso sacro articolato in due distinte e ben diverse aree , aperte a una dimensione internazionale e caratterizzate da un regime votivo del quale è stata da tempo evidenziata la stretta affinità con i grandi santuari del mondo greco.

The editor of this volume is grateful to the Organizing Committee, all of the invited lecturers, and Brill Academic Publishers for their collaboration in readying this Congress Volume for publication as quickly as possible. It will help all the participants to remember the Leiden Congress not only as a scientific but also as a pleasant and memorable event.

This article presents a new Phoenician inscription found by chance in a small cove in the town of Alcossebre (Comunitat Valenciana, Spain). It is a short text dating from the end of the 7th or the first half of the 6th century BC, written on a wooden tablet (in an exceptional state of preservation) partially covered by a mass of iron (which could have been part of a kind of case).
The tablet must have been used as a commercial label to identify goods by their owner, shipper, agent or addressee. Its apparent subsequent storage in a case also suggests that it was intended to be reused for the same purpose or that it had a second use with a different function.
It is therefore an exceptional find, an example of the intense trade that took place in the Levant of the Iberian Peninsula at that time and of the procedures used by the Phoenicians to manage it.

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El artículo presenta una nueva inscripción fenicia hallada de forma casual en una cala de la localidad castellonense de Alcossebre (Comunitat Valenciana, España). Se trata de un breve texto, del final del s. VII o de la primera mitad del s. VI antes de nuestra era, inciso sobre una tablilla de madera (en un excepcional estado de conservación) parcialmente cubierta por una masa de hierro (que pudo pertenecer a una suerte de estuche).
Por su factura y contenido, la tablilla debió servir de etiqueta comercial, fijada a bienes para identificarlos por su propietario, remitente, responsable o destinatario. Su aparente custodia posterior implica, además, que fue reutilizada con esa misma función o que tuvo un segundo uso con una función diversa.
Se trata pues de un hallazgo excepcional, muestra del intenso comercio que se dio en la época en el Levante de la Península Ibérica y de los procedimientos usados por los fenicios en su gestión.

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La province de Mardin bénéficie depuis quelques années de projets archéologiques dynamiques qui demeurent peu connus. Pourtant, leur essor est évident depuis les années 2010. Le Musée de Mardin (Mardin Müzesi) s'est pleinement investi dans la recherche archéologique pour valoriser un patrimoine trop longtemps délaissé. Ces efforts sont soutenus par le département d'archéologie de l'Université Artuklu (Artuklu Üniversitesi) depuis 2017 et par le ministère de la Culture turc, très attentif au potentiel archéologique du territoire. Je présenterai ici les actualités archéologiques de la province de Mardin pendant ces deux dernières années, entre 2022 et 2024, en rappelant les dernières découvertes et le futur de chaque projet.

Doutorando em Design (FAU USP). Mestre (UFCG) e bacharel em Design (UFPE). Membro da Associação Brasileira de Estudos Cemiteriais (ABEC). Realiza pesquisas acerca da relação entre design, tipografia e patrimônio cemiterial. Bolsista FAPESP 2024/05681-0. PhD candidate in Design (FAU USP). Holds a Master's (UFCG) and a Bachelor's Degree in Design (UFPE). Member of the Brazilian Association for Cemetery Studies (ABEC). Conducts research on the relationship between design, typography, and cemetery heritage. FAPESP grant 2024/05681-0.