Philia. International Journal of Ancient Mediterranean Studies. 10, 2024Wien 2024ISSN 2149-505XISBN 978-3-85161-319-3262 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert / hardcover

Jaroslaw Bodzek (ed.), Φιλομμειδὴς Ἀφροδίτη. Essays in Ancient Art and Archaeology in Honour of Ewdoksia Papuci-WładykaKrakow 2024ISBN 978-83-8368-191-7408 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Murat Çekilmez – Merve Arınç Özyılmaz – Pınar Taşpınar Yamantürk (eds.), Geçmişten Günümüze Tralleis Antik Kenti ve Çevresi Araştırmaları(Tralleis Çalışmaları 1)Istanbul 2025ISBN 978-625-6212-18-3XIV + 420 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 27,5 x 19,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Ronald Risy (Hrsg.),Von Steinen und Beinen. Die wechselvolle Geschichte eines Platzes, der keiner war(Begleitbuch zur Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum St. Pölten, 3.5.2024 - 2.11.2025)St. Pölten 2024ISBN 978-3-9505220-4-4320 S. m. zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb., 22,5 x 21,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Andrei Opaiț, The Sacred Area Sector Roman Coarseware (1st - 7th centuries) (Histria XVI)Cluj – Napoca 2024ISBN 978-606-020-839-6184 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The history and evolution of the old Milesian colony Histria is quite well known from numerous articles and an impressive series of monographs that have discussed many archaeological discoveries from the Archaic to the Roman era. There is no need, therefore, to summarize their contents here. This study of the coarseware ceramics from the Sacred Area sector called also “sector T”, at Histria seeks to bring to light an archaeological material generally neglected by the publications of this sector. Because Roman ceramics were not usually retained in the course of excavations in the Sacred Area sector, the number of pieces in this study is smaller than the number analyzed in a relatively recent monograph focusing on more thoroughly-collected Roman ceramics from other sectors. We can add numerous other ceramic publications that have appeared since this monograph especially in recent years. In turn, the “Sacred Area sector “ sector has been discussed in numerous publications, and summarized in two recent articles published by A. Avram and his collaborators, and one published by F. Munteanu. Although the focus of the former article is on the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, when the temples in this area were in use, several pages are also dedicated to the Roman period when this sector changed its sacred character and became, for a short period, an artisanal area and then until the 7th century AD a residential district. The second article pays more attention to the Roman quarter, which featured a large “Constantinian house” covering 380 m², with four rooms and an internal court with peristyle, built perhaps during the second half of the 4th century. During the 6th century this edifice was repurposed and subdivided into many rooms with storage functions. Perhaps also in the 6th century, a series of other buildings-perhaps simple houses-were constructed to the south of this edifice, containing dolia, mortaria, and many vasa potatoria, coquinatoria and amphorae.

Demetrios Athanasoulis – Panagiotis P. Iossif – Ioannis D. Fappas (eds.),Kykladitisses. Untold stories of women in the Cyclades / Κυκλαδίτισσες. Άγνωστες Ιστορίες Γυναικών των ΚυκλάδωνAthen 2025ISBN 978-618-5060-52-7520 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 24 x 18,5 cm; broschiert/softcover A Greek-English bilingual catalogue published as part of the new series of archaeological exhibitions organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art called “Human Histories” for the exhibition “Kykladitisses: Untold stories of women in the Cyclades”. The catalogue presents the transformations and the multiple roles of women that have defined the history of the Archipelago through time highlighting their importance at a time when women continue to assert their independence and respect for their specificity within the modern community, the free choice of the roles that express each of them and their liberation from stereotypes that survive in the common consciousness despite the long struggles of past centuries. The catalogue is divided into two volumes. The first volume contains 520 pages in which all the artefacts in the exhibition are illustrated in each section in extremely high quality and resolution photographs, together with a brief explanation giving all the details of their identity. The long introductory text explaining the concept of the exhibition and the sections is written by the two curators of the exhibition, and the volume concludes with five essays by leading female scholars of Cycladic culture through time. The detailed scientific documentation and publication of each object in extensive essays is included in the second volume of the catalogue.

Archivum Anatolicum 18/1Ankara 2024ISSN 1300-6355268 S./pp., S/W-Abb. / b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover

Alexandra Alexandridou – Alexandros Mazarakis Ainian, The Academy before Plato. A Contribution to the Study of Early Athens (Πραγματείαι της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών, Τόμος 80)Athen 2024ISBN 978-960-404-416-0 (Set) ISBN 978-960-404-417-7 (Band/vol. 1) ISBN 978-960-404-418-4 (Band/vol. 2) 2 Bände / volumes: Band/vol. 1: 630 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 28 x 21,5 cm; broschiert/paperback Band/vol. 2: 110 S./pp. + 192 Farb- und S/W-Taf. / 192 colour- and b/w-pls., 28 x 21,5 cm; broschiert/paperback

Ümit Aydınoğlu (ed.), Diocaesarea Kule. Mimari ve Buluntular(Diocaesarea Araştırmaları II)Ankara 2024 ISBN 978-625-6925-68-7340 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Die antike Stadt Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) liegt in der Bergregion Kilikien, etwa 25 km vom Bezirk Silifke in der Provinz Mersin entfernt, an der heutigen Südküste der Türkei. Zwei wichtige Bauwerke der antiken Stadt Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç), die Zeuge der hellenistischen Zeit waren, stechen hervor. Eines davon ist das Heiligtum des Zeus Olbios und der darin befindliche Tempel, der die antike Stadt zu einem religiösen Zentrum machte. Der andere ist der Turm, der mindestens genauso prächtig ist und dazu beitrug, die antike Stadt als Verwaltungszentrum in der hellenistischen Zeit zu definieren. Dieser fünfstöckige Wohn- und Verteidigungsturm mit einer erhaltenen Höhe von 23 Metern in der Siedlung, die in der hellenistischen Zeit von einer Priesterkönigsdynastie regiert wurde und die Rolle des Verwaltungs- und Religionszentrums der Region Olba spielte, unterstreicht die Bedeutung und Monumentalität dieses Gebietes in der hellenistischen Zeit. Der Turm blieb von seiner Aufgabe in der Spätantike bis heute unberührt erhalten. Die erhaltene Architektur des Gebäudes liefert sehr wichtige Daten über die Architektur der Antike. Darüber hinaus liefert die sehr reiche Sammlung von Ausgrabungsfunden sehr anschauliche Informationen über die Stadt und das Leben in der Antike. Aus diesem Grund werden in diesem Buch sowohl die architektonischen Besonderheiten des Gebäudes als auch die reichhaltigen Funde gemeinsam besprochen und der wissenschaftlichen Welt präsentiert.

Ersin Çelikbaş – Ercan Verim, Hadrianopolis Kuzeybati Nekropol Kilisesi(Hadrianopolis Serisi II)Ankara 2024ISBN 978-625-6925-65-6 VIII + 209 S., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Ümit Aydınoğlu – A. Kaan Şenol, Olive Oil and Wine Production in Aegean and Mediterranean in AntiquityInternational Symposium ProceedingsAnkara 2024ISBN 978-625-6925-67-0 VIII + 415 S., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 27 x 19,5 cm; broschiert/softcover The symposium titled Olive Oil and Wine Production in the Aegean and Mediterranean in Antiquity, held in Bodrum in 2022, is the third of the meetings previously held in Mersin and Urla in Turkey. The symposium in Bodrum has the subtitle of olive oil, wine production, rural settlements, urban centers and trade in the Aegean and Mediterranean in Antiquity, and has a content covering every area of ​​production. In the international symposium held in Bodrum, issues that need to be addressed, new findings and discussions have emerged thanks to the papers presented by competent scientists in their fields. The symposium aims to evaluate these, examine the dimensions of the evolution of olive oil and wine production in settlements in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity and its impact on trade, and address newly obtained archaeological data. Some of the topics addressed in the symposium are as follows: Packaging, transportation and routes in ancient olive oil and wine production; production capacity, producer-consumer relations, land uses and lease agreements, ancient landscape and land use in olive and vineyard agriculture, rural and urban relations in ancient olive oil and wine production; archaeometric studies in ancient olive oil and wine production; paleo-ethnobotanical ethnoarchaeological studies in olive and vine production; olive oil and wine in the light of epigraphic historical documents.

Lawrence McCrank, The Tarragona Vortex Volume 2. Tarraco. The Ancient Heritage: Roman Hispania in Cultural Memory. 2nd c. BC - 3rd c. ADBudapest 2024ISBN 978-615-6405-48-7 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-6405-31-9 (softcover)632 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm;

Şerban George Paul Drugaş, Mapping Ptolemaic DaciaBudapest 2020ISBN 978-615-6405-17-3 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-81353-6-8 (softcover)242 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm;Inhalt/contents: CHAPTER 1. General Ptolemaic Principles CHAPTER 2. Ptolemaic and Modern Earth Models. Initial Methodological Framework CHAPTER 3. Ptolemaic Poleis and Places in Dacia and in Adjacent areas. What We Know Download PDF CHAPTER 4. Establishing Local Working Algorithms CHAPTER 5. Calculating the Coordinates of Some Dacian Poleis from the Established Grid CHAPTER 6. A Synthesis on the Local Ptolemaic Patterns in Dacia CHAPTER 7. SWOT Analysis CHAPTER 8. Limits, Rivers, Tribes and Neighbours of Ptolemaic Dacia Conclusive remarks Bibliography List of Figures List of Tables Index

Elizabeth Ann Pollard – Fabrizio Conti (eds.), Nemo non metuit. Magic in the Roman WorldBudapest 2022ISBN 978-615-6405-43-2 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-6405-44-9 (softcover)554 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm; CHAPTER 1 Magical Gems. A Roman development of Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician scarab amulets (8th – 5th c. BCE) Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira CHAPTER 2 Change and Continuity in Curse Tablets from the Roman World Charlotte Spence CHAPTER 3 Pursuing Health by Pursuing Disease. The Use of Spells and Amulets to Address Malaria in Roman Antiquity Yvette Hunt CHAPTER 4 “Erotic” Spells, Stalking, and the Exclusus Amator in Ancient Rome Elizabeth Ann Pollard CHAPTER 5 Magic to steal, magic to love, magic to heal: veneficia, defixiones, devotiones in the Naturalis historia by Plinius the Elder Alfredo Viscomi CHAPTER 6 Cursing Patterns and Religious Belief. Studying the Prevalence of “Judicial Prayers” in Roman Britain Madeline Line CHAPTER 7 How Lucan Kills Magic. Magic and the vates in Book Six of Lucan’s Bellum Civile Caolán Mac An Aircinn CHAPTER 8 Abjection and Anxiety: The Metamorphosis of the Roman Literary Witch Nicole Kimball CHAPTER 9 Foreseeing the Future: The Role of Women between Magic and Divination Angelica Flandoli CHAPTER 10 Orpheus and the Evolution of the Roman Witch Britta Ager CHAPTER 11 Memories of Apollonius of Tyana: Sorcerer, Holy Man and Rival of Jesus Christ Semíramis Corsi Silva CHAPTER 12 Si Crimina Demas: Necromancy in Roman Literature and Statius’ Transgressive Manto Anna Everett Beek CHAPTER 13 The Magic of Isis-Fortuna in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses Ashli Baker CHAPTER 14 Pagan and Christian Identities in the Later Roman Empire: Maximus of Turin and His Sermons on Magic and Superstition Fabrizio Conti CHAPTER 15 A World Imbued with Sorcery? The Fight between Christian and non-Christian Powers in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Christendom Andrea Maraschi

Aleksandar N. Brzić, Hallmarking of Gold Coinage in Serbia and Yugoslavia 1882–1941(Schriften der Österreichischen Forschungsgesellschaft für Numismatik, Band 1)Wien 2024ISBN 978-3-9504268-7-8248 S./pp.,  zahlr. Abb./num. figs., 30 x 21,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Between 1882 and 1941, Kingdoms of Serbia and Yugoslavia hallmarked a great amount of gold coinage. This somewhat peculiar practice was regulated by law and executed by state offices using several hallmarks, some of which are properly documented and presented here for the first time. The author describes not only the development of the hallmarking practice itself, but also its historic and ethnographic backgrounds, in particular the use of gold ducats in the ethnic jewellery of the region. Based mainly on his former collection, fully presented here in high-quality colour photographs, this book, again for the first time, provides a full catalogue of all hallmarks used in different assay offices and all hallmarked gold coins known to the author.

Adalya 27 / 2024Antalya/Istanbul 2024ISSN 1301-2746IV + 458 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 26,5 x 19,5 cm; broschiert / softcover

Mathias Harzhauser – Thomas Hofmann (Hrsg.), Wien am Sand. Von Prinz Eugen und der Seekuh in Ottakring: eine Zeitreise durch die geologische Vergangenheit WiensWien 20243ISBN 978-3-903096-82-0168 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/softcover Noch bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert gab es auf Wiener Stadtgebiet hunderte Steinbrüche, Sandabbau und Tongruben. Fossilien dieser Fundstellen in den Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien liefern wichtige Hinweise auf die Klimageschichte Europas. Das neue Buch „Wien am Sand“ von Mathias Harzhauser und Thomas Hoffmann begibt sich auf eine Zeitreise durch Wiens geologische Vergangenheit.

Vasiliki Phlorou / Βασιλική Φλώρου,Okyalos / Ὠκύαλος. Tόμος αρχαιολογικών σπουδών για τον Γιάννη Σ. ΚωστόπουλοAthen 2024ISBN 978-618-87068-0-4 254 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Dora Katsonopoulou (ed.), Helike VI:Ancient Helike and Aigialeia. Helike after 373 BC. An interdisciplinary approachAthens 2024ISBN 978-960-86377-6-4374 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/paperback Beiträge in griechisch und englischcontributions in greek and english The Sixth International Conference on Ancient Helike and Aigialeia (HELIKE VI) took place in Aigion, Achaea, from 4-6 September 2021. The main theme of the Conference was the history, archaeology and geology of Helike and its area after the 373 BC catastrophic earthquake, and the new settlement developed in late Classical-Hellenistic times including a building complex of excellently preserved workshops associated with textile activities. The Conference follows up in a series of International Conferences organised by the Helike Society and held at certain intervals in the region of Aigialeia, Achaea. The Helike VI Conference included scientific announcements, experimental archaeology exhibitions related to ancient spinning/dyeing/weaving and fulling techniques in collaboration with SEN Heritage Looms of Athens, exhibition of paintings on textiles by a local painter, cultural events and a guided tour to the Helike area and the archaeological site.

Andreas Gkoutzioukostas – Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt – Dimitrios P. Drakoulis (eds.), Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace (6th-12th c.) Proceedings of the International Conference Sigillography Meets Historical Geography. Vienna, 19 April 2023Thessaloniki 2023ISBN 978-960-656-186-3 502 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Constantinos M. Constantopoulos, Byzantine Lead Seals – The Stamoules’ Collection(Siatras Numismatic Studies, 10)Athens 2023ISBN 978-628-5818-00-5 108 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcoverAnastasios Stamoules was a Greek born in 1843 at the small town of Selymbria, Eastern Thrace, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Orthodox College of the Oecumenical Patriarchate at Constantinople. From very young age, he had started collecting objects relating to the history of Thrace. As a result a huge collection of Greek, Roman and Byzantine objects was formed. Unfortunately the biggest part of this collection was stolen by the troops of the Allies during WW I. The forced population displacement of the 1920's lead the whole family in Athens. In 1924 Stamoules donated the coins and the lead seals that managed to bring with him to the Numismatic Museum. This book presents in detail the Byzantine lead seals of Stamoules' Collection. What is important is that all seals were locally collected, at the small area around Selymbria, one could justifiably call it "the Selymbria Collection". The Byzantine city was an important strategic settlement located in the interior of the Long Walls of Thrace, at the end of Via Egnatia, it also was a religious centre, as is still obvious from the remains of many churches that survive. It is mentioned in the sources as an archdiocese and later as a metropolis. Therefore the seals of the Collection can also be used as a primary material for historical studies.

Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, Ὁ Χριστὸς αὐτὸς σφραγὶς ἀσφαλεστάτη. Byzantinische Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert BoersemaThessaloniki 2022ISBN 978-960-656-125-2ISBN 978-960-7856-64-7192 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover This volume contains the edition - along with comments and interpretations - of selected Byzantine lead seals in the collection of Gert Boersema (the Netherlands), which are nearly exclusively unique specimens, dating from the 6th to the 14th century. The inscriptions offer new results and aspects for the Byzantine administrative history, prosopography, historical geography, and economic history, but furthermore concern the Byzantine church, monasteries, domains, and especially the Byzantine aristocracy. Short English abstracts contribute a kind of regestes, representing the value of the contents. The book is an attribution to basic research of Byzantine history. Systematische Edition, Kommentierung und Interpretation erlesener byzantinischer Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert Boersema (Niederlande) - fast ausschließlich Unikate, die chronologisch vom 6. bis ins 14. Jahrhundert reichen. Aus den Siegelinschriften resultieren neue Ergebnisse und Aspekte zu Verwaltungsgeschichte, Prosopographie, historischen Geographic, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, sowie zu den thematischen Bereichen: Kirche, Klosterwesen, Domänen, Aristokratie. Kurzresümees in englischer Sprache bieten eine Art Regest zum inhaltlichen Wert des jeweiligen Lemmas. Das Buch ist ein weiterer Beitrag zur Grundlagenforschung der byzantinischen Geschichte.

Nikola Teodosiev, The Tholos Tombs in Ancient Thrace / Куполните гробници в Древна Тракия Sofia 2024ISBN 978-954-07-5990-6 182 S./pp., 7 Farbtaf. und zahlr. S/W-Abb./ 7 colour pls. and num. b/w-figs., 28 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverin bulgarischer Sprache mit einer englischen Zusammenfassungin Bulgarian with summary in English The monograph examines the tholos tombs in Ancient Thrace. Their complex origins are examined in detail. Their typology and chronology are clarified. The political, social and religious context of the tombs is presented. So far, 40 tholos tombs are known in Ancient Thrace. The catalogue analyses 15 of them in detail, and the remaining 25 are included in a separate list.

Vlastimil Vrtal,Wad Ben Naga Report V. The Palace of AmanishakhetePrague 2024ISBN 978-80-7036-839-8520 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 28 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverWad Ben Naga Report V: The Palace of Amanishakhete deals with an analysis and interpretation of multiple aspects of this archaeological structure. The volume represents the first comprehensive account on the best-preserved royal palace of the Meroitic period, thus potentially contributing to discussions on Meroitic prestigious architecture, administration, material culture, royal ideology, etc.In the first part, various sources of information on the Palace of Amanishakhete are presented and analysed. Chapter 2 deals with the evaluation of collected parts of field records from largely unpublished 1958–1960 excavations in the palace, as well as evaluation of some contemporary accounts. Chapter 3 represents an archaeological report on a recent survey, excavations, and re­excavations in the palace by the Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga. Chapters 4 and 5 comprise the analysis of all non-ceramic and ceramic finds, respectively, from both the previous and recent excavations. A catalogue of all recorded finds from the 1958–1960 excavations in the palace forms an appendix to the volume.The second part focuses on four research problems addressing different aspects of the structure. Chapter 6 concerns the architectural form of the palace. In chapter 7, chronological setting of various events and activities recorded in the spatial context of the palace is discussed. Chapter 8 is dedicated to various functions of the spatial context of the palace, both during the primary and secondary occupations. In chapter 9, positions of the palace at the site and in the socio-economic, political, and ideological landscape of the Meroitic kingdom are assessed.