Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Tyras and Vicinity. Inscriptions of the Northern Black Sea.

Ivantchik, Askold

ISBN 10: 2356134247 / ISBN 13: 9782356134240

Published by AUSONIUS, 2021

About this Item

This book is the first volume of a new corpus of Greek and Latin inscriptions of the Northern Black Sea region, which is planned to include all known inscriptions (both on stone and other supports) found in the area. The corpus of lapidary inscriptions of this region was published only once, over hundred years ago, by Vasilii Latyshev. Since then, the number of known inscriptions has increased significantly. The new corpus will close an enormous gap in the availability of authoritative texts of primary sources for the study of Greeks and local peoples of North Pontic region.This volume includes Greek and Latin lapidary inscriptions from the region between the mouth of the Danube and themouth of the Dniester, where the Greek cities of Tyras and Nikonion were located. Inscriptions were also found at the Roman fortifications on the northern bank of the Danube. The corpus includes 121 inscriptions (Latyshev?s corpus counts 19 for this region), many of which are published for the first time. The publication of all inscriptions, with the exception of lost ones, is based on the originals studied by the author in the museums where they are kept.The lemmata include, in addition to a detailed description of the inscriptions and their supports (including full measurements of the originals), a complete bibliography, an indication of the conditions of finds and modern location, and a detailed historical and philological commentary. The descriptions use the PETRAE format. The texts of the inscriptions are accompanied by a critical apparatus and translations. The corpus is fully illustrated ? each lemma is accompanied by a photograph or, if neither the stone nor its photographs have survived, by the best reproductions that can be found (e.g. drawings, manuscript copies, etc.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Tyras and Vicinity. Inscriptions of the Northern Black Sea.
• Publisher: AUSONIUS
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2356134247
• ISBN 13: 9782356134240
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

This book is the first volume of a new full corpus of Greek and Latin inscriptions of the Northern Black Sea region. It includes all known lapidary inscriptions from the region between the mouth of the Danube and the mouth of the Dniester, where the Greek cities of Tyras and Nikonion were located. The corpus includes 121 inscriptions (the previous corpus published over hundred years ago, counts 19 for this region), many of which are published for the first time. The publication is based on the study of the originals in the museums. The corpus is fully illustrated by photographs of each inscription or, if neither the stone nor its photographs have survived, by the best reproductions that can be found.

About the Author

"Askold Ivantchik, born 5/2/1965 in Moscow, Russia. graduated from Moscow State University (1986), PhD (1989, Institute of oriental studies, Academy of sciences, Moscow), Dr. habil. (1996, Fribourg University, Switzerland). Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of sciences (2003), l'Académie des inscriptions et belles (France, 2016), the German Archaeological Institute (2002) and the Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO) (2004). Senior research fellow (directeur des recherches) at the CNRS (UMR 5607 “Ausonius”, Bordeaux), Scientific director of the Center for Comparative Studies of Ancient Civilizations (Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences), Center of Classical and Oriental Archaeology (University HSE Moscow), Senior Fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, chief editor of the Journal of Ancient History, (Vestnik drevnei istorii, Moscow) and Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia (Leiden). Specialist in Greek and Latin epigraphy, Ancient history and archaeology of the Eurasian steppes, of the Black Sea region and of Asia Minor, Greek colonization, relations between Greeks and Iranian world, Greek ethnographic descriptions, Herodotus. Author of c. 250 research articles and 7 books published in Russian, French, German and Japanese languages. "