apron has a decorated border showing dancing figures and plant scrolls. Over the wig is a bound garland of pink, gold, and blue flowers. From #akhmim, Egypt. #GraecoRoman, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. (The British Museum

apron has a decorated border showing dancing figures and plant scrolls. Over the wig is a bound garland of pink, gold, and blue flowers. From #akhmim, Egypt. #GraecoRoman, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. (The British Museum

apron has a decorated border showing dancing figures and plant scrolls. Over the wig is a bound garland of pink, gold, and blue flowers. From #akhmim, Egypt. #GraecoRoman, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. (The British Museum

apron has a decorated border showing dancing figures and plant scrolls. Over the wig is a bound garland of pink, gold, and blue flowers. From #akhmim, Egypt. #GraecoRoman, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. (The British Museum

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11 Mar: Michael Economou, ‘Hasmonean Military Landscapes: Geography, Identity & Ideology’ #GraecoRoman #JewishHistory #JewishLiterature

13 Mar: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger & César Merchán-Hamann, ‘Jewish Languages & Book Culture’ #DavidPattersonLecture

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4 Mar: Charlotte Hempel, ‘Scrolled Over: Hidden Labour Behind the Dead Sea Scrolls’ #JewishHistory #JewishLiterature #GraecoRoman

6 Mar: ‘Violence Against Jews & Jewish Violence’, reading group led by Osnat Rance #LateAntiquity

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18 Feb: Max Leventhal, ‘The Septuagint as an anti-Ptolemaic ethical code in the Letter of Aristeas’ #GraecoRoman #JewishHistory #JewishLiterature

18 Feb: Nathan Cohen, ‘Far more than days and dates: What can we learn from Yiddish calendars (1875‒1914)?’ #OSRJL

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11 Feb: Geoffrey Herman, ‘Whosoever Desires to Libate the Wine on the Altar Should Fill the Throats of the Rabbis with Wine: The Babylonian Rabbinic Movement: Distinctive & Shared Features within a Sasanian Context’ #GraecoRoman #JewishHistory #JewishLiterature

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