Josef Bloomfield

DPhil Oriental Studies @UniofOxford @lmhoxford - Pre-Islamic Arabia, human-animal interactions, epigraphy, nomadism

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

More of the BES20 texts are being uploaded!

[OCIANA @OCIANA_OSU]

#New on #OCIANA - The Meccans dismissed Biblical stories as أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ 'fables of the ancients.' The author of this #Safaitic inscription records 'finding the writing of the ancients' ʾasfār haʾ-ʾawwalīn! An intriguing parallel - find more:

https://t.co/MroJ7439r9

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

More BES20 have been uploaded to OCIANA… thousands more to come!

[OCIANA @OCIANA_OSU]

#New on #OCIANA - 100 new Safaitic inscriptions , edited by J. Bloomfield, now published: BES20 1960-BES20 2060.

Do you want to try to read this one across the middle of the stone?

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

The 146 Nabataean texs from Jibāl Sarmadāʾ, south-west of Taymāʾ, including 52 previously unpublished ones, now entered in DiCoNab

https://t.co/7Yf0nMYbaG

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

And with that, the DPhil journey is complete! So many people to thank, especially the brilliant Michael Macdonald and @ccsahner for all their support and advice along the way.

[OCIANA @OCIANA_OSU]

#New on #OCIANA - BES20 now has more than 1300 entries, with 100s more pending upload soon. Here is a fun one:

BES20 1270 is dated to the year of 𝒔̣𝒇𝒓𝒕, perhaps 'withered plants' signaling a drought...the prayer calls upon the storm god for respite!

https://t.co/mqZz1v9dBA

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

Check out my editions of 1000+ Safaitic graffiti from the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 season below! More incoming…

[OCIANA @OCIANA_OSU]

#Updates to OCIANA - over the next week, we will upload more than 1000 new Safaitic inscriptions from the BES20 season, edited by J. Bloomfield. Here is a sample: https://t.co/ts72v9uGwv.
Search siglum 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝟐𝟎

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@Moudhy Congrats! Very excited to read it :)

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@PhDniX Clearly!

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@megportal South Northamptonshire!

[Oxford Assyriology @opcassyriology]

We are delighted to announce our full programme for the conference!

Refreshments and lunch will be provided each day with a drinks reception at the end of the last day. We hope to see many of you there!

Register to attend here: https://t.co/w88ve74E1I
#assyriology #mesopotamia

[PAKEP @PAKEP_KSA]

@RCU_SA is turning parts of AlUla into a nature reserve and it is hoped that the Arabian Leopard will once again thrive in #AlUla. But the local people of AlUla were not always so happy to see leopards in antiquity. 1/5

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@han_englishby @UoMEgyptology Congrats!! 🥳🥳

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@Katricianh @IASH_Edinburgh Congratulations! :)

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@Katricianh Yay!! I can't wait :)

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@Oracctivity I'm trying to DM but I don't see the option on your profile. What should I do? :)

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@Oracctivity Exciting!! Thank you so much! I'll DM now

[Nathalie Brusgaard / @[email protected] @natbrusgaard]

A happy note to end this strange year on! My chapter on camels in Safaitic rock art is out in the new book Landscapes of Survival 🐪

Proud to have been part of this project. Check out the book
@sidestonepress https://t.co/6w9bQikQbJ

https://t.co/YuHPuGADZL

#RockArtWednesday

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

@jimseven The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa was wonderful. I also adored The Eight Life by Nino Haratischwili if you're into lengthy novels.

[Josef Bloomfield @Joe_Bloomfield]

I'm really looking forward to attending @AnimalHistories online conference and listening to such a wide range of papers! I will be talking about camels and sedentary-nomadic interactions in Roman Arabia and Syria.

[ANIMAL HISTORY GROUP @AnimalHistories]

For further details and a full programme, go to https://t.co/I6ADsPcA8c