Abstract
Two well‐known texts on altars from Delos (
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3952;
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349) dating to the period after 167 BC attest to contacts between the Aegean and Ancient Yemen. Reexamining these two important ...inscriptions, this article argues that both were set up by Minaeans. As for the altar bearing inscription
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349, we interpret the Greek inscriptions as later additions, the purpose of which was to inform readers who were unfamiliar with the Old South Arabian script of the deity venerated.
The exotic beast trade for public spectacles in the Roman provinces is fraught with gaps in the historical record concerning its organization and infrastructure. Much of the evidence regarding these ...aspects of the animal trade, dating from the first to third centuries AD, is purely from the benefactor's perspective. There remain several mentions of 'hunter troupes', such as the Telegenii, who provided trained beasts and bestiarii (hunters) for these local games. This indicates that there was an established network of traders who provided these services during the Roman Imperial period. However, little is known about how they functioned. This paper proposes the use of comparative techniques to comment on how these troupes captured, transported, trained and traded animals for public spectacles. This discussion will analyze other contemporary Empire-wide trade networks, like the grain and slave trades, in addition to those of other cultures that imported exotic animals. By analyzing trade networks and the subsequent challenges faced by other cultures that imported exotic beasts, it is possible to explore how the networks of the Roman beast trade functioned.
GREEK AMPHORIC EPIGRAPHY IN ROMAN OPEN DATA GONZÁLEZ, Jordi PÉREZ; MORILLAS SAMANIEGO, Oriol; GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ, Manel ...
Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology,
05/2024, Letnik:
11, Številka:
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The article presents a methodology to analyze the greek amphora epigraphy produced during the Roman Empire in its eastern part. The detailed information that appears as an abbreviated form in ...thousands of inscriptions distributed throughout the Roman territory is an essential element to understand the imperial socio-economic dynamics. Here we present a guide to using the Roman Open Data exploratory interface in its Greek text search section, and how, based on cases, we can determine for the first time the possible existence of a complex system of productions whose contracts would even be monthly. The relational search system makes this interface the only one that allows the user to singularize their searches, granulating them based on their experience.
The meaning of the names of Greek-Roman collyria is often confusing. Indeed, these names are generally neologisms known to us through a single handwritten or epigraphic occurrence. However, there is ...no doubt that several of these names have been chosen for their for their commercial value, as “ambrosial”, “inimitable” or “invincible”. Did the names of collyria evoking colours have the same value? By virtue of the principle of analogy that prevailed in ancient medical reasoning, were not green, white and yellow considered to be the active ingredients of certain ancient collyria?
Through the analysis of the jewels described in the sacred inventories of Delos dating back to the Hellenistic period, we will attempt to understand what criteria are instrumental in determining the ...function of the adornments recorded in different temples of the island: their type, material, mode of exhibition, weight and quality are all indices which, if combined, can help us to establish whether the jewels are offerings made for strictly votive purposes (to adorn the cult statues), or offerings coming from the daily private sphere to be dedicated in an ordinary votive gesture.
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