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For #EpigraphyTuesday, False Door of Hepeti and Her Mother Sahat, a priestess of Hathor (Old Kingdom). On display at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. #archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For #EpigraphyTuesday, False Door of Hepeti and Her Mother Sahat, a priestess of Hathor (Old Kingdom). On display at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. #archaeology
A cool example from Codex Sinaiticus of the nomina sacra, a type of abbreviation for divine names. In Mark 1:1, Jesus Christ (Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ) is shortened to ΙΥ ΧΥ. Also note the insertion of ΥΥ ΘΥ (smaller ns above the start of the next sentence), short for υἱοῦ θεοῦ, or ‘Son of God’.
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A cool example from Codex Sinaiticus of the nomina sacra, a type of abbreviation for divine names. In Mark 1:1, Jesus Christ (Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ) is shortened to ΙΥ ΧΥ. Also note the insertion of ΥΥ ΘΥ (smaller ns above the start of the next sentence), short for υἱοῦ θεοῦ, or ‘Son of God’.
The study of ancient documents is fascinating. These two images each show Genesis 1:1. The first one is from the Dead Sea Scrolls (most of first 2 words (a, b) are missing, ~1st Century BCE), the second is Koine Greek, from the 4th Century CE Codex Vaticanus. #biblicalstudies #archaeology
August 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The study of ancient documents is fascinating. These two images each show Genesis 1:1. The first one is from the Dead Sea Scrolls (most of first 2 words (a, b) are missing, ~1st Century BCE), the second is Koine Greek, from the 4th Century CE Codex Vaticanus. #biblicalstudies #archaeology
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Is this the oldest known map of the world? 🏺
From an ancient Babylonian city in modern Iraq, it depicts the world as they perceived it during the 6th century BC, with Babylon in the centre surrounded by both known and legendary locations 1/2
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
From an ancient Babylonian city in modern Iraq, it depicts the world as they perceived it during the 6th century BC, with Babylon in the centre surrounded by both known and legendary locations 1/2
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
August 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Is this the oldest known map of the world? 🏺
From an ancient Babylonian city in modern Iraq, it depicts the world as they perceived it during the 6th century BC, with Babylon in the centre surrounded by both known and legendary locations 1/2
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
From an ancient Babylonian city in modern Iraq, it depicts the world as they perceived it during the 6th century BC, with Babylon in the centre surrounded by both known and legendary locations 1/2
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
Probably seen many times for #EpigraphyTuesday, The second register of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser, which possibly depicts "Jehu son of Omri", a king of Israel, bowing before Shalmaneser III. #archaeology
August 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Probably seen many times for #EpigraphyTuesday, The second register of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser, which possibly depicts "Jehu son of Omri", a king of Israel, bowing before Shalmaneser III. #archaeology
I think this is the kind of resource well-known among established scholars, but definitely is of wider interest to anyone with a curiosity about the Dead Sea Scrolls to those new to learning biblical Hebrew. #archaeology #ancienthistory #biblicalstudies
www.deadseascrolls.org.il/home
www.deadseascrolls.org.il/home
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library offers an exceptional encounter with antiquity. Using the
world's most advanced imaging technology, the Digital Library preserves thousands of scroll...
www.deadseascrolls.org.il
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think this is the kind of resource well-known among established scholars, but definitely is of wider interest to anyone with a curiosity about the Dead Sea Scrolls to those new to learning biblical Hebrew. #archaeology #ancienthistory #biblicalstudies
www.deadseascrolls.org.il/home
www.deadseascrolls.org.il/home
AI being put a good use. Amazing potential here.
#archaeology #cuneiform
mymodernmet.com/babylon-text...
#archaeology #cuneiform
mymodernmet.com/babylon-text...
New Discovery of 3,000-Year-Old Babylonian Text Sheds Light on Women’s Roles in Ancient Society
Scholars have successfully used AI to piece together ancient cuneiform tablet fragments that belong to the same long-lost Babylonian text.
mymodernmet.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
AI being put a good use. Amazing potential here.
#archaeology #cuneiform
mymodernmet.com/babylon-text...
#archaeology #cuneiform
mymodernmet.com/babylon-text...