PhD Candidate (ABD) in NW Semitics | Aramaic · Akkadian · Arabia | Chess Enthusiast
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Matt S retweeted
𝑱𝙪𝒔𝙩 𝙥𝒖𝙗𝒍𝙞𝒔𝙝𝒆𝙙! The 1st of 6 volumes:
𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑎
Open Access at this link: tinyurl.com/5n7ht4nj.
Nearly 2000 words, with citations and etymological commentary. More soon!
Matt S retweeted
#HUGE on #OCIANA - 1349 NEW #Safaitic inscriptions from Marabb al-Shurafāt (Jordan) are now on #OCIANA. 1100 inscriptions have been published in a book by Phillip Stokes here: zenodo.org/records/23482253 . Explore the site: ociana.osu.edu/sites/414
And much more to come soon!
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#just_published - the long-awaited report on seasons 2024-5 of the Badia Epigraphic Survey! It is filled with inscriptions, archaeology, and heritage management, including the excavation of site MH09, where the "allāh" inscription comes from.
Find more: academia.edu/178903861/Al_Ja…
Matt S retweeted
Absolutní bomba! Nový zlomek egyptsko-chetitské mírové smlouvy! 😍 arkeonews.net/new-fragment-o…
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📢Job Announcement📢
@Princeton invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position in the field of Early Islamic History, with a primary focus on the period ca. 600–1300 CE. apply.interfolio.com/193875
Matt S retweeted
This year's season has just concluded. Keep your eyes on OCIANA as new sites and inscriptions will start to be uploaded soon. In the meantime, we will share some photos from the campaign.
#Photos_from_BES26
Matt S retweeted
In 2025 @bnuyaminim, and me taught a course on Comparative Semitics at the Leiden Summer School. After some cleaning up, we've decided to upload the syllabus and release it under a CC license for you and yours to peruse through.
doi.org/10.17613/b4zna-zcp90
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#New_Functionality on #OCIANA! 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒!
Search epigraphic and archaeological sites to give inscriptions a better context. Site cards include photos and descriptions, along with all associated inscriptions.
First published site: MG 1 - ociana.osu.edu/sites/977
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#100%-ed on #OCIANA - the complete site of MG1 (Marabb al-Ghuṣayn 1) is now online, thanks in part to the efforts of the students in the Safaitic course of the Epigraphic Institute.
Search: BES25_MG1
In the next weeks, OCIANA will roll out a new feature - 'Epigraphic Sites'.
Matt S retweeted
#New on #OCIANA - more inscriptions from the site MG 1, the memorial of Ẓāʿen son of Karzān. This stone bears the primary funerary inscription, recording the dedication of several ʾnfs 'funerary monuments', pl. of nafs, to the dead man.
Find more: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/…
Matt S retweeted
Syriac Inscriptions Discovered in Eshtrako, Tur Abdin syriacpress.com/blog/2026/06…
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܫܝܘܠ (šīwōl), "Sheol, the place of the dead / underworld." Pronounced "sheewol." Cognate with Hebrew שְׁאוֹל (shəʾōl); the shadowy realm where the departed await resurrection, referenced throughout the Old Testament and rendered as Hades in Greek. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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The registration for the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics 2026 is now open!
Interested in classes in Anatolian, Indo-European, Semitic, Sino-Tibetan, etc., etc.?
Join us in Leiden from 6-17 July!
Program, fees, and registration form: universiteitleiden.nl/en/edu…
Matt S retweeted
📢 Call for applicants!
We are delighted to announce the SIMS-CSMC Fellowship, set up with our colleagues at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. It includes time at SIMS in Philadelphia and at CSMC in Hamburg. Apply by 1 May 2026!
More info: uhh.de/csmc-sims-fellowship
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Want to know how to use the new #OCIANA? Watch this tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=40cV9Lfb….
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Approaches to the Study of History
Lloyd offers this useful figure that organizes strands of research in the study of history according to their ontologies (materialism vs idealism, holism vs individualism) & epistemologies (empiricism vs realism).
