In this case study we explore Cicero’s processes of framing and image-building regarding the concept of an anti-mother/-woman.For this we examine Cicero’s portrayal of Sassia,a woman who features as one of the main ...In this case study we explore Cicero’s processes of framing and image-building regarding the concept of an anti-mother/-woman.For this we examine Cicero’s portrayal of Sassia,a woman who features as one of the main antagonists of his speech Pro Cluentio.We analyse Cicero’s depiction of Sassia’s evilness towards her son,Cluentius,through the lens of frame and framing theories.By doing so,this case study aims to present a deeper understanding of Cicero’s stratagems(e.g.,priming,calling for action;nudging,pushing someone towards action;and affordance,offering a frame to act outside of or within)which were employed in order to devise a negative characterisation of Sassia.The application of this methodological approach to Cicero’s framing of Sassia provides a new scope for analysing not only the classical text itself but also for the analysis of ancient human society to which it belonged.展开更多
The thirteen cuneiform texts presented in this study are currently housed in the collection of National Museums Scotland.This article provides an edition of thirteen Neo-Sumerian administrative tablets from Puzriš-Dag...The thirteen cuneiform texts presented in this study are currently housed in the collection of National Museums Scotland.This article provides an edition of thirteen Neo-Sumerian administrative tablets from Puzriš-Dagān(modern Drehem),which was one of the most important royal tribute centers then and primarily concerned with the administrative and economic affairs of the central authority.展开更多
Michael Hoffman did a great deal to transform, perhaps even revolutionize, much of the archaeological enterprise in Egypt, most especially the archaeological study of Egyptian prehistory and the emergence of historic ...Michael Hoffman did a great deal to transform, perhaps even revolutionize, much of the archaeological enterprise in Egypt, most especially the archaeological study of Egyptian prehistory and the emergence of historic Egypt, before his untimely death. The goals, methods, priorities and perspectives of archaeologists as well as historians have been catalyzed by his fieldwork, publications, and wide presentation of his results. It is not too much to say that the consciousness of many of us has been raised, our agenda has changed, as a result of his "New World-style" anthropologically and environmentally grounded展开更多
1.The Anonymous Nasa in the Accounts of the Individual Delivery for the Deities before ulgi 47' ii' (47 vii)/13 40 years ago,T.Jones and J.Snyder,in their groundbreaking Sumerian Economic Texts from the Third ...1.The Anonymous Nasa in the Accounts of the Individual Delivery for the Deities before ulgi 47' ii' (47 vii)/13 40 years ago,T.Jones and J.Snyder,in their groundbreaking Sumerian Economic Texts from the Third Dynasty,1961,found a mysterious and展开更多
The introduction to the papers resulting from a conference at the Zentrum für Inter-disziplinäre Forschung(Center for Interdisciplinary Studies)of the University of Bielefeld(6–8 September 2017)deals with t...The introduction to the papers resulting from a conference at the Zentrum für Inter-disziplinäre Forschung(Center for Interdisciplinary Studies)of the University of Bielefeld(6–8 September 2017)deals with the epoch-making work of August Boeckh on the public finances and economy of ancient Athens,which was published in 1817,and the undergoing review and update by scholars from different disciplines.The papers published here are the first results and a step towards a new public economy of Athens that has still to be written.展开更多
1.1. TT 106 Paser served as vizier for both Sethos I and Ramesses II. During his service as as Chief Chamberlain for Sethos I at his court, he began the construction of his splendid tomb-chapel （TT 106） in the necr...1.1. TT 106 Paser served as vizier for both Sethos I and Ramesses II. During his service as as Chief Chamberlain for Sethos I at his court, he began the construction of his splendid tomb-chapel （TT 106） in the necropolis of Thebes. His tomb is located in the west of Thebes with the ＂Tombs of the Nobles＂ in Sheikh Abd el-Quma, between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens behind the Ramesseum. The tomb-chapel of Neferhotep （TT 107） was built at the northern side of a depression in the rock and the tomb of Paser at its west end.展开更多
In Sulgi 48, x （48＇ v＇）, Sulgi the Great, the second and most powerful king of the III Ur Dynasty of Ur died1. Almost at the same date the archive of the animal institution of his Queen, the famous Sulgi-simti, in...In Sulgi 48, x （48＇ v＇）, Sulgi the Great, the second and most powerful king of the III Ur Dynasty of Ur died1. Almost at the same date the archive of the animal institution of his Queen, the famous Sulgi-simti, in the dynastic Animal Distributing Center, i.e. Puzris-Dagan （modem Drehem）, came to an end and the name of this famous queen disappearsz. Five months later, the dead king together with Geme-Ninlil,展开更多
In two previous papers published in the preceding volumes of this journal, different aspects of the use of foreign courts by Greek cities in the Hellenistic Period have been studied. In JAC 7, an attempt was made to s...In two previous papers published in the preceding volumes of this journal, different aspects of the use of foreign courts by Greek cities in the Hellenistic Period have been studied. In JAC 7, an attempt was made to set the role of foreign courts against the wider background of the development of political institutions and practices in the course of the Hellenistic period. In JAC 8 the use of foreign judges by Seleucid subject cities was reconsidered in the light of the revision of an important inscription from Priene. In this third paper, the evolution of the use of foreign courts by Greek cities in the course of the third century will be considered in formal terms through the analysis of a notable series of inscriptions from the island of Kalymna in the Dodecannese group, located off the south-west coast of Asia Minor. In his Corpus of inscriptions from Kalymna (TC), M. Segre collected, in addition to the record of a Knidian arbitration between Kalymna and its Koan private creditors (TC79), five展开更多
The history of Classical scholarship can sometimes provide revealing insights into more general intellectual trends. Dilletan(?)ism, which was not then an offence, was in fashion in Britain in the nineteenth century, ...The history of Classical scholarship can sometimes provide revealing insights into more general intellectual trends. Dilletan(?)ism, which was not then an offence, was in fashion in Britain in the nineteenth century, and young men of aristocratic backgrounds who aspired to public careers regularly completed their sometimes lengthy education by experiencing at first hand the remnants of the civilizations whose assumed values provided their own class with its models and patterns of excellence, In展开更多
Ancient Economy is an intellectual battlefield in modern ancient studies par excellence. Since the famous Bflcher-Meyer-controversy,~ which was continued in a specific way by Moses I. Finley2 and Michael I. Rostovtzef...Ancient Economy is an intellectual battlefield in modern ancient studies par excellence. Since the famous Bflcher-Meyer-controversy,~ which was continued in a specific way by Moses I. Finley2 and Michael I. Rostovtzeff3 and ended up in an inflexible orthodoxy mainly on the primitivists＇ side,4 backed-up by premodern models like Marcel Mauss＇ ＂gift-giving＇＇5 and Karl Polanyi＇s ＂embedded economy,＇＇6 a lot of things have changed in the field of Ancient Economy which seemed to be divided forever between substantivists/primitivists and formalists/ modernists while other positions, e.g. that of Fritz Moritz Heichelheim, were on the verge of disappearing] On the one hand, there has been a shift away from the sole study of literary sources which were often regarded as representative of economic behavior and thoughts by the primitivists,展开更多
In two recent studies of the dedication formulai(?)n.f m mnw.f, Sayed Tawfik and Günther Vittmann mention very few examples in which it is employed by private individuals. Tawfik states that the rare instances of...In two recent studies of the dedication formulai(?)n.f m mnw.f, Sayed Tawfik and Günther Vittmann mention very few examples in which it is employed by private individuals. Tawfik states that the rare instances of that kind are those in which the dedication is made to one’s ancestors, though the passage he cites from the autobiography of Chnumhotpe II does not conform to that pattern. Vittmann adds Cairo CG 23019, an offering table with two parallel formulae recording a dedication at the staircases of Osiris and Wepwawet at Abydos in exchange for funerary wishes and offerings, and he also includes an example from Meir.展开更多
In the present article,I explore the passages that are reused in the Attic orators,particularly those as transmitted in the judicial speeches by Antiphon and Demosthenes.I argue that the favorable reactions from their...In the present article,I explore the passages that are reused in the Attic orators,particularly those as transmitted in the judicial speeches by Antiphon and Demosthenes.I argue that the favorable reactions from their audiences or clients in the past legal cases are what encourage the orators to reuse,or republish,the passages,and that there is a tendency among them to make modifications to suit changing socio-political circumstances and specific performative contexts.The conclusion is that the republished texts highlight the common practice of the logographers in Classical Athens,and thus contribute to our understanding of their habitual way of writing and method of self-promotion.展开更多
Being a Review of Rathmann,M.2022.Tabula Peutingeriana.Die bedeutendste Weltkarte aus der Antike.4th fully rev.and augmented ed.Darmstadt:WBG.ISBN:978-3-8053-5350-2,pp.128 with 41 col.,33 b/w,and 33 col.ills.of parts ...Being a Review of Rathmann,M.2022.Tabula Peutingeriana.Die bedeutendste Weltkarte aus der Antike.4th fully rev.and augmented ed.Darmstadt:WBG.ISBN:978-3-8053-5350-2,pp.128 with 41 col.,33 b/w,and 33 col.ills.of parts of the Tabula Peutingeriana,∈100.00.展开更多
1.Introduction*The labyrinth concept exists in multiple forms,and is attested as both artistic depiction and mythological motif in many ancient and modern cultures across parts of Europe,India,the south-western United...1.Introduction*The labyrinth concept exists in multiple forms,and is attested as both artistic depiction and mythological motif in many ancient and modern cultures across parts of Europe,India,the south-western United States and South-America.1 Two distinct types of labyrinth symbol can also be identified in ancient Mesopotamia,the most common of which is a round,spiral-shaped design based on the appearance of animal intestines examined during extispicy.The practice of extispicy involved the solicitation of omens through the ritual slaughtering of animals,the entrails of which were then‘read’by scholars who specialised in divination.2 These‘spiral’labyrinths,inscribed on a series of clay tablets dated to the Kassite period,3 are here compared with labyrinth patterns from the ancient Mediterranean,and it is suggested that both types of design may have shared a common origin rooted in anatomical observation.展开更多
Die libysch-berberischen Volker des nordafrikanischen Wustengurtels west lich des Nils wurden im Alten Agypten mit dem Ethnonym Temehu (agypt: Tmhw, vokalisierte Form hochstwahrscheinlich im Singular Tumalh und im Plu...Die libysch-berberischen Volker des nordafrikanischen Wustengurtels west lich des Nils wurden im Alten Agypten mit dem Ethnonym Temehu (agypt: Tmhw, vokalisierte Form hochstwahrscheinlich im Singular Tumalh und im Plural Tumha(?)w) belegt. Die Quellen des Alten Reiches erwahnen diese Temehu sudwestlich des Nils, bzw. westlich des Landes Nubien, die Quellen des Mittleren und Neuen Reiches dagegen lokalisieren die Temehu in den westlichen Oasen und in der Wiistenregion nordwestlich davon, d.h.展开更多
La langue sumerienne de connait pas d'equivalent pour le mot 《 paysage》, lacune qui n'est guere surprenante puisque cette notion n'a ete ebauchee que tardivement. Le 《 paysage 》sumerien est compose d&#...La langue sumerienne de connait pas d'equivalent pour le mot 《 paysage》, lacune qui n'est guere surprenante puisque cette notion n'a ete ebauchee que tardivement. Le 《 paysage 》sumerien est compose d'une juxtaposition de differents espaces, souvent sans lien entre eux, sauvages, semi domestiques et domestiques, et qui presentent chacun des caracteristiques precises. De meme que la notion de paysage est inconnue des Sumeriens, de meme les descriptions de ces espaces naturels sont fort succinctes. Elles se limitent en effet soit a展开更多
文摘In this case study we explore Cicero’s processes of framing and image-building regarding the concept of an anti-mother/-woman.For this we examine Cicero’s portrayal of Sassia,a woman who features as one of the main antagonists of his speech Pro Cluentio.We analyse Cicero’s depiction of Sassia’s evilness towards her son,Cluentius,through the lens of frame and framing theories.By doing so,this case study aims to present a deeper understanding of Cicero’s stratagems(e.g.,priming,calling for action;nudging,pushing someone towards action;and affordance,offering a frame to act outside of or within)which were employed in order to devise a negative characterisation of Sassia.The application of this methodological approach to Cicero’s framing of Sassia provides a new scope for analysing not only the classical text itself but also for the analysis of ancient human society to which it belonged.
文摘The thirteen cuneiform texts presented in this study are currently housed in the collection of National Museums Scotland.This article provides an edition of thirteen Neo-Sumerian administrative tablets from Puzriš-Dagān(modern Drehem),which was one of the most important royal tribute centers then and primarily concerned with the administrative and economic affairs of the central authority.
文摘Michael Hoffman did a great deal to transform, perhaps even revolutionize, much of the archaeological enterprise in Egypt, most especially the archaeological study of Egyptian prehistory and the emergence of historic Egypt, before his untimely death. The goals, methods, priorities and perspectives of archaeologists as well as historians have been catalyzed by his fieldwork, publications, and wide presentation of his results. It is not too much to say that the consciousness of many of us has been raised, our agenda has changed, as a result of his "New World-style" anthropologically and environmentally grounded
文摘1.The Anonymous Nasa in the Accounts of the Individual Delivery for the Deities before ulgi 47' ii' (47 vii)/13 40 years ago,T.Jones and J.Snyder,in their groundbreaking Sumerian Economic Texts from the Third Dynasty,1961,found a mysterious and
文摘The introduction to the papers resulting from a conference at the Zentrum für Inter-disziplinäre Forschung(Center for Interdisciplinary Studies)of the University of Bielefeld(6–8 September 2017)deals with the epoch-making work of August Boeckh on the public finances and economy of ancient Athens,which was published in 1817,and the undergoing review and update by scholars from different disciplines.The papers published here are the first results and a step towards a new public economy of Athens that has still to be written.
文摘1.1. TT 106 Paser served as vizier for both Sethos I and Ramesses II. During his service as as Chief Chamberlain for Sethos I at his court, he began the construction of his splendid tomb-chapel （TT 106） in the necropolis of Thebes. His tomb is located in the west of Thebes with the ＂Tombs of the Nobles＂ in Sheikh Abd el-Quma, between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens behind the Ramesseum. The tomb-chapel of Neferhotep （TT 107） was built at the northern side of a depression in the rock and the tomb of Paser at its west end.
文摘In Sulgi 48, x （48＇ v＇）, Sulgi the Great, the second and most powerful king of the III Ur Dynasty of Ur died1. Almost at the same date the archive of the animal institution of his Queen, the famous Sulgi-simti, in the dynastic Animal Distributing Center, i.e. Puzris-Dagan （modem Drehem）, came to an end and the name of this famous queen disappearsz. Five months later, the dead king together with Geme-Ninlil,
文摘In two previous papers published in the preceding volumes of this journal, different aspects of the use of foreign courts by Greek cities in the Hellenistic Period have been studied. In JAC 7, an attempt was made to set the role of foreign courts against the wider background of the development of political institutions and practices in the course of the Hellenistic period. In JAC 8 the use of foreign judges by Seleucid subject cities was reconsidered in the light of the revision of an important inscription from Priene. In this third paper, the evolution of the use of foreign courts by Greek cities in the course of the third century will be considered in formal terms through the analysis of a notable series of inscriptions from the island of Kalymna in the Dodecannese group, located off the south-west coast of Asia Minor. In his Corpus of inscriptions from Kalymna (TC), M. Segre collected, in addition to the record of a Knidian arbitration between Kalymna and its Koan private creditors (TC79), five
文摘The history of Classical scholarship can sometimes provide revealing insights into more general intellectual trends. Dilletan(?)ism, which was not then an offence, was in fashion in Britain in the nineteenth century, and young men of aristocratic backgrounds who aspired to public careers regularly completed their sometimes lengthy education by experiencing at first hand the remnants of the civilizations whose assumed values provided their own class with its models and patterns of excellence, In
文摘Ancient Economy is an intellectual battlefield in modern ancient studies par excellence. Since the famous Bflcher-Meyer-controversy,~ which was continued in a specific way by Moses I. Finley2 and Michael I. Rostovtzeff3 and ended up in an inflexible orthodoxy mainly on the primitivists＇ side,4 backed-up by premodern models like Marcel Mauss＇ ＂gift-giving＇＇5 and Karl Polanyi＇s ＂embedded economy,＇＇6 a lot of things have changed in the field of Ancient Economy which seemed to be divided forever between substantivists/primitivists and formalists/ modernists while other positions, e.g. that of Fritz Moritz Heichelheim, were on the verge of disappearing] On the one hand, there has been a shift away from the sole study of literary sources which were often regarded as representative of economic behavior and thoughts by the primitivists,
文摘In two recent studies of the dedication formulai(?)n.f m mnw.f, Sayed Tawfik and Günther Vittmann mention very few examples in which it is employed by private individuals. Tawfik states that the rare instances of that kind are those in which the dedication is made to one’s ancestors, though the passage he cites from the autobiography of Chnumhotpe II does not conform to that pattern. Vittmann adds Cairo CG 23019, an offering table with two parallel formulae recording a dedication at the staircases of Osiris and Wepwawet at Abydos in exchange for funerary wishes and offerings, and he also includes an example from Meir.
文摘In the present article,I explore the passages that are reused in the Attic orators,particularly those as transmitted in the judicial speeches by Antiphon and Demosthenes.I argue that the favorable reactions from their audiences or clients in the past legal cases are what encourage the orators to reuse,or republish,the passages,and that there is a tendency among them to make modifications to suit changing socio-political circumstances and specific performative contexts.The conclusion is that the republished texts highlight the common practice of the logographers in Classical Athens,and thus contribute to our understanding of their habitual way of writing and method of self-promotion.
文摘Being a Review of Rathmann,M.2022.Tabula Peutingeriana.Die bedeutendste Weltkarte aus der Antike.4th fully rev.and augmented ed.Darmstadt:WBG.ISBN:978-3-8053-5350-2,pp.128 with 41 col.,33 b/w,and 33 col.ills.of parts of the Tabula Peutingeriana,∈100.00.
文摘1.Introduction*The labyrinth concept exists in multiple forms,and is attested as both artistic depiction and mythological motif in many ancient and modern cultures across parts of Europe,India,the south-western United States and South-America.1 Two distinct types of labyrinth symbol can also be identified in ancient Mesopotamia,the most common of which is a round,spiral-shaped design based on the appearance of animal intestines examined during extispicy.The practice of extispicy involved the solicitation of omens through the ritual slaughtering of animals,the entrails of which were then‘read’by scholars who specialised in divination.2 These‘spiral’labyrinths,inscribed on a series of clay tablets dated to the Kassite period,3 are here compared with labyrinth patterns from the ancient Mediterranean,and it is suggested that both types of design may have shared a common origin rooted in anatomical observation.
文摘Die libysch-berberischen Volker des nordafrikanischen Wustengurtels west lich des Nils wurden im Alten Agypten mit dem Ethnonym Temehu (agypt: Tmhw, vokalisierte Form hochstwahrscheinlich im Singular Tumalh und im Plural Tumha(?)w) belegt. Die Quellen des Alten Reiches erwahnen diese Temehu sudwestlich des Nils, bzw. westlich des Landes Nubien, die Quellen des Mittleren und Neuen Reiches dagegen lokalisieren die Temehu in den westlichen Oasen und in der Wiistenregion nordwestlich davon, d.h.
文摘La langue sumerienne de connait pas d'equivalent pour le mot 《 paysage》, lacune qui n'est guere surprenante puisque cette notion n'a ete ebauchee que tardivement. Le 《 paysage 》sumerien est compose d'une juxtaposition de differents espaces, souvent sans lien entre eux, sauvages, semi domestiques et domestiques, et qui presentent chacun des caracteristiques precises. De meme que la notion de paysage est inconnue des Sumeriens, de meme les descriptions de ces espaces naturels sont fort succinctes. Elles se limitent en effet soit a
