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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.

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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.

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The Oriental Institute and Epigraphy

http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/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.

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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Attempt to collect all published and unpublished Neo-Assyrian texts into an electronic database.

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The Arabic & Islamic Inscriptions

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Inscriptions/

Examples of Pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabic Inscriptions from 1st Century of Hijra onwards.

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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.

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Phaistos Disc

http://web.gvdnet.dk/GVD002393/phaistos.htm

Ole Hagen argues that this inscription from Minoan Crete is a calendar. Includes drawings of both faces of the disc.

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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.

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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.

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Discussion Group: Inscriptiones-l

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Inscriptiones-l/

A scholarly discussion forum for those people with a professional interest in Greek and Latin epigraphy.

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Cuneiform Tablet Collection Catalogue

http://cdli.ucla.edu/

Online searchable database Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP).

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Chiron

http://www.dainst.org/index_75_de.html

Journal of the German Archaeological Institute, covering many epigraphic topics. Lsts content of recent volumes.

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Chicago Demotic Dictionary (CDD)

http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/cdd/

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.

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Celtic Inscribed Stones

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/

A study by University College London of all non-Runic early medieval inscribed stones in the British Isles and Brittany. Scope, researchers, and online database.

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British Epigraphy Society

http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/BES/

An independent 'chapter' of the Association Internationale d'Epigraphie Grecque et Latine. Aims, constitution, committee, events, news, jobs and prizes.

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American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

http://www.case.edu/artsci/clsc/asgle/

A non-profit organization whose purpose is to further research in, and the teaching of, Greek and Latin epigraphy in North America. The Society fosters collaboration in the field and facilitates the exchange of scholarly research and discussion, both in the public forum and in published form.

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African Writing Systems

http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Welcome.html

Professor Ayele Bekerie introduces the various writing systems of Africa including Ancient Egyptian, Meroitic and Ethiopic. Petroglyphs, pictographs, syllabic and alphabetic types.

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