Papers by maria giulia amadasi
[Cahier], Dec 1, 2020
Résumé. La cité d’Idalion a été, au cours du premier millénaire av. J.-C., la capitale d’un puiss... more Résumé. La cité d’Idalion a été, au cours du premier millénaire av. J.-C., la capitale d’un puissant royaume chypriote dont le riche territoire occupait une position stratégique au centre-est de l’île. Un vaste ensemble d’archives administratives a été mis au jour sur l’une de ses acropoles par une équipe du Département des Antiquités dirigée par le Dr. Maria Hadjicosti. À ces archives, associées à la fois au palais et à une zone artisanale adjacente, appartenaient des centaines d’ostraca, la plupart portant des inscriptions phéniciennes, découverts dans ces fouilles. Cet article présente un bilan sur l’étude de ces textes phéni- ciens – les seuls documents d’archives actuellement connus dans le monde phénicien – que les deux auteurs continuent à mener. Abstract. The ancient city of Idalion was the capital of a powerful Cypriote kingdom that dominated a rich and strategic territory in the centre-east of the island during the first millennium BC. A huge administrative archive was found at one of the acropolises of the city by a team of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus directed by Dr. Maria Hadjicosti. The archive was linked both to the palace and to an adjacent industrial area. Hundreds of ostraca, most of them in the Phoenician language, were recovered. We review in this paper the current state of the study of the Phoenician texts (part of the first and only Phoenician archive preserved until now), currently under way by the authors.
Near Eastern Archaeology, 2014
The sacred open-air terrace (J) on the acropolis (east of Temple A1) included several cultic inst... more The sacred open-air terrace (J) on the acropolis (east of Temple A1) included several cultic installations such as a bench, an altar, a basin, and a large stone slab. Many bone fragments prove that animals (caprovines and pigs) were sacrificed and possibly consumed in that area. More to the east, a large open-air square courtyard (G) was created by digging into previous levels. It stood isolated up to at least three meters above the ground level. The ceramic assemblage includes local Red Slip ware and fine imported pottery; it is therefore reasonable to assume that this structure had a ceremonial function. Part of the surrounding walls had already collapsed by the end of Iron Age II.
Antiquités africaines, 2018
En 1952, les fouilles du forum de Nora (Sardaigne, Italie) menées par G. Pesce ont mis en lumière... more En 1952, les fouilles du forum de Nora (Sardaigne, Italie) menées par G. Pesce ont mis en lumière un objet en marbre avec une inscription en écriture punique. L'objet est resté inédit et aujourd'hui il est perdu ; l'étude des documents d'archives a permis néanmoins de reconstituer son histoire. Sont encore visibles les restes d'une inscription punique très endommagée, gravée sur une plaque de marbre remaniée à l'époque romaine pour fabriquer un oscillum en forme de pelta ; l'artefact n'a pas été terminé et, dans l'antiquité tardive, il a été stocké avec d'autres fragments de marbre, probablement destinés à un four à chaux.
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2018
[EN]The Phoenician name of Cyprus was not known until now: from the beginning of the Iron Age to ... more [EN]The Phoenician name of Cyprus was not known until now: from the beginning of the Iron Age to the Hellenistic period the island was divided into independent kingdoms, each kingdom named after its capital. For this reason, only the names of towns/regions appeared in local inscriptions of that period ¿not referring to the entire island, whose name in Phoenician was therefore unknown. In this paper, we intend to review the entire evidence relating to the question (from both the II and the I millennium BCE, both internal and external sources) and present a new document ¿which definitively solve the problem
Semitica et Classica, 2016
During the first millennium BC, the kingdom of Idalion flourished in the centre-east of the islan... more During the first millennium BC, the kingdom of Idalion flourished in the centre-east of the island of Cyprus. At the site of the kingdom's ancient capital, a team of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus directed by Dr. Maria Hadjicosti brought to light hundreds of ostraka, most of them in the Phoenician language. The documents were part of a huge administrative archive, the first and only one existing until now in the Phoenician world. The study of the Phoenician texts is currently under way by the authors of this paper, which aims to summarize the current state of the work.
The present contribution reassesses the main aspects of the epigraphic sources found in the so-ca... more The present contribution reassesses the main aspects of the epigraphic sources found in the so-called tophet in order to demonstrate how they are significant and how they undermine the funerary interpretations of these precincts. The inscriptions decisively define the tophet as a place of worship, a sanctuary where sacrifices were made to specific deities in specific rites. The epigraphic evidence combined with literary and archaeological data show how these sacrifices consisted of infants and small animals (either as substitutes or interred together), sometimes commemorated by the inscriptions themselves.
Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 2012
Tous droits réservés pour tous pays. La reproduction ou représentation de cet article, notamment ... more Tous droits réservés pour tous pays. La reproduction ou représentation de cet article, notamment par photocopie, n'est autorisée que dans les limites des conditions générales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement. Toute autre reproduction ou représentation, en tout ou partie, sous quelque forme et de quelque manière que ce soit, est interdite sauf accord préalable et écrit de l'éditeur, en dehors des cas prévus par la législation en vigueur en France. Il est précisé que son stockage dans une base de données est également interdit.
El Carambolo: 50 años de un tesoro, 2010
... Astarte a Malta: il santuario di Tas Silg. Autores: María Giulia Amadasi Guzzo; Localización:... more ... Astarte a Malta: il santuario di Tas Silg. Autores: María Giulia Amadasi Guzzo; Localización: El Carambolo: 50 años de un tesoro / coord. por María Luisa de la Bandera Romero, Eduardo Ferrer Albelda, 2010, ISBN 978-84-472-1218-7 , págs. 465-490. Fundación Dialnet. ...
During regular excavations in the modern town of Tavira (Portugal) under the direction of Maria a... more During regular excavations in the modern town of Tavira (Portugal) under the direction of Maria and Luis Maia a Phoenician ostracon engraved on the two faces of a sherd (6 x 5 cm) of local pottery was found. The text is not complete and its reading is not always certain. It is tentatively interpreted as recording operations of economical character. According to the letters shape it is dated to the 6 th century, but according to the archaeological context could be dated even earlier (end of the 7 th century).
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