Epigraphy
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British Epigraphy Society
An independent 'chapter' of the Association Internationale d'Epigraphie Grecque et Latine. Aims, constitution, committee, events, news, jobs and prizes.
Celtic Inscribed Stones
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/
A study by University College London of all non-Runic early mediaeval inscribed stones in the British Isles and Brittany. Scope, researchers, and online database.
Inscriptions from the Land of Israel
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/mls4n/
Project of the University of Virginia to create a searchable database of all the inscriptions from Israel from c.330 BC to 614 AD. Inscriptions from Beth She'arim currently available.
Picturing the Past
http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2000/oct-dec/3dimaging.html
Researcher Tom Malzbender has invented a tool thatlets scholars see ancient inscribed texts in ways never before possible. Illustrated article from Hewlett-Packard Labs.
Browsing the Memory of the World
http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/unicode/papiuc11.htm
Describes use of Unicode for encoding dead and academic scripts.
Cuneiform Tablet Collection Catalogue
Online searchable database Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP).
Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies
http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/epigraphy/
Research facility for the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions and manuscripts in the United States. Its purpose is to foster the study of inscriptions and manuscripts and promote research opportunities for those interested in these primary sources of information for the ancient and medieval world.
The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/
Attempt to collect all published and unpublished Neo-Assyrian texts into an electronic database.
Earliest Writing Found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/334517.stm
The earliest examples of writing may have been discovered in Pakistan, according to archaeologists working on the Harappa project. BBC News report.
Chiron
http://www.dainst.org/index_75_de.html
Journal of the German Archaeological Institute, covering many epigraphic topics. Lsts content of recent volumes.
Zeitschrift fr Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE)
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ifa/zpe/
International Journal for Papyrology and Ancient Epigraphics, covering the full spectrum of ancient texts. The articles are written in the author's languages, including English, German, and French.
The Oriental Institute and Epigraphy
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/EPI/Epigraphy.html
The epigraphic survey of this institute of the University of Chicago was founded in 1924 and continues to record inscriptions and decoration on Ancient Egyptian monuments.
Chicago Demotic Dictionary (CDD)
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/CDD/CDD.html
A lexicographic tool for reading texts written in a late stage of the ancient Egyptian language and in a highly cursive script known as Demotic.
The two sides of the Phaistos Disc
http://www.kereti.de/indexEngl.html
Proposes a connection between the Phaistos Disc, the Arkalochorie axe and Linear A.