Constantinos Bal.

PhD, papyrologist, classicist, freelance translator, guitar player, a fan of archaeological discoveries and ancient artefacts.

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@Alyunan00 The text doesn't say that: it's ΜΗ(ΝΟΣ) ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡ(ΙΟΥ) ΚΔ, ΙΝΔ(ΙΚΤΙΟΝΟΣ) Η, Υ(ΠΑΤΕΙΑΣ) ΣΕΝΑΤΟΡΟΣ. Senator is the name of one of the consuls in 436. So, it's dated precisely.

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@NC_Renic Ah, Greek school memories from the ...90s. 😁. Did it once with a compass only to find out that it's easier to memorize the damn notes than to inscribe them.

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@mrpyrz One doesn't need t go too far back as the mosaic is late antique. In Mod. Gr. λακίζω is used in colloquial speech to denote "run away"/"chicken out". With the same meaning you can find σπάσε (lit. "break away") meaning "go away". "Let the evil-eye go away", sounds very familiar.

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@AntigoneJournal Polish takes it one step further using the form Edyp and, accordingly, the adj. edypowy. I wonder why English has "tetrapod" though? Does it derive from the later adj. τετράποδος?

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@iosif_lazaridis @AntigoneJournal Which, in a way, continue their life since antiquity (πόποι, παπαι), along with οϊμέ (οιμοι).

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@hermahai Or less fancy, a toponym

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@Jorrit_Kelder Another question, has it been read correctly? What if Fοιναρχοι could be read as θοιναρχοι? Would it make more sense in the context of meals/feasts?

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@Jorrit_Kelder Cf. perhaps IG IX, 2 552 Πλατιόχορ[ος

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@bpthaber Or this coin of Domitian from Phrygia

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@bpthaber Worth comparing with the votive relief to Apollo Sozon from Phrygia, where again Apollo sits on a horse holding a double axe https://t.co/r50evvvX50

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@AntigoneJournal

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@AntigoneJournal And distributed to Classics students for free. 🙂Most of us back in the days got a variety of OCT texts.

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@theo_nash @Jorrit_Kelder @sensemolen Presumably a pre-Hellenic word based on its form, Lukab-assa. On wolves, light and mice, some ideas are discussed in: https://t.co/q6xMV5AYE4

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@Jorrit_Kelder If you're driving, Eleutherai fortress is another place definitely worth visiting. It's a 30 min drive from Porto Germeno. ;)

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The new Byz. Zeitrschrift 2024 vol. 117(3) is out. A long due joint piece by my colleagues M. Nowak, L. Vanderheyden and yours truly titled: 'The Greek will of Aurelius Pauchab and a Coptic inventory of household objects' https://t.co/ztakXMJffl #papyrology #Byzantium

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The new "Aegyptus" vol. has just been published: https://t.co/yWCVoCUvz1 Here is my humble contribution with an edition of an undocumented papyrus from the coll. of the Law Faculty of Goethe Univ.: "Preparations for the Holy Feast: A Byzantine Letter from Frankfurt". #papyrology

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"The Changing World of 7th-century Egypt". Shout-out to the organizers of the conference. Great papers, it's been a pleasure. #Papyrology #Byzantium #Egypt #LateAntiquity #ArabEgypt #GreekLiterature #Papyri #History

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Inscribed moldmade relief skyphos showing the myth of the foundation of Thebes by Cadmus (2nd cent. BCE, Arch. Mus. of Schimatari, photos are my own) #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #GreekMythology #AncientArt