I wouldn’t say it’s a surprise, many Hittite texts describe hieroglyphs drawn in ink, and you have development in monumental writing that shows influence from cursive drawing. But it’s nice to see some physical evidence :-)

And a reminder that we’re also hiring a tenure-track colleague in archaeology and digital humanities!

Ssljames.bsky.socialSep 22, 2023 2:29am

Come join my department!

Reminder that my department has an open-rank tenure-track search in Greek or Roman rhetoric. Please apply or distribute widely!

Ssljames.bsky.socialSep 25, 2023 6:32pm

Update: corrections to the bureacratic part of the Rhetoric job description at UNC Chapel Hill. Please use (and distribute) this version.