Jerald Starr has recently added material on the Royal Tombs of Ur and the Standard of Ur to his Sumerian Shakespeare site
Link to the Sumerian Shakespeare website directly from http://sumerianshakespeare.com/58401.html or find it on the SOAS Library subject guide for the Ancient Near East
Friday 17 December 2010
New web resource for the history of the Hellenic World
This resource is maintained by the Foundation of the Hellenic World and co-funded by the EU. The Encyclopedia covers Asia Minor, the Black Sea area and Constantinople / Byzantium from ancient times and includes articles, bibliographies, a directory of related weblinks and an historical interactive atlas with audio-visual material. Some parts of the site are still under construction. Texts are multilingual, but there is a "translate" facility. The site has both simple and advanced search options.
Tuesday 14 December 2010
SEAL Project (Sources of Early Akkadian Literature)
Leipzig University has just relaunched the SEAL (Sources of Early Akkadian Literature) project website. This is a detailed catalogue of over 300 Akkadian and bilingual texts from Old Akkadian to the Middle Babylonian / Middle Assyrian periods.
The catalogue is arranged thematically and is completely searchable. It indicates where the tablets are held. Unfortunately, copyright restrictions mean very few records are supplied with illustrations of the tablets
The catalogue is arranged thematically and is completely searchable. It indicates where the tablets are held. Unfortunately, copyright restrictions mean very few records are supplied with illustrations of the tablets
Friday 10 December 2010
Persepolis Fortification Archive Project blog
Link to the blog for the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project Blog (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) for news on the project and the site, all annual reports from 2003 onwards, and a listing of Oriental Institute publications on Iranian civilization (most of which are free online).
Reports include plenty of images and videos
N.B. The above link is via AWOL (Ancient World Online).
You can also link directly to the Blog from http://persepolistablets.blogspot.com/
Reports include plenty of images and videos
N.B. The above link is via AWOL (Ancient World Online).
You can also link directly to the Blog from http://persepolistablets.blogspot.com/
Thursday 2 December 2010
Gilgamesh video
Watch a video presentation about the Gilgamesh epic. Featured cast members include Assyriologist Ben Foster, comic book illustrator Jim Starlin, and poet and playwright Yusef Komunyakaa.
The accompanying website includes excerpts from the text, along with background material and reading support, an interactive timeline and a feature on translation.
This is one title on the Invitation to World Literature series from Annenburg Media, an American company supplying multimedia resources to schools and colleges
The accompanying website includes excerpts from the text, along with background material and reading support, an interactive timeline and a feature on translation.
This is one title on the Invitation to World Literature series from Annenburg Media, an American company supplying multimedia resources to schools and colleges
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