Current Epigraphy reports a new blog started up at Oxford’s Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD).

The CSAD blog reports “First Texts from MAMA XI Available”:

The first sample texts from the MAMA (Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua) XI project have been posted online. The project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), will publish approximately 600 new inscriptions recorded by Sir William Calder and Dr Michael Ballance in Phrygia, Lycaonia and Cappadocia. The first two inscriptions come from Akmoneia in central Phrygia and Brouzos in the Phrygian Pentapolis.

Monuments, epigraphs, etc. are a very important source for understanding ancient cultures, particularly Asia minor (aka the Mediterranean). This was driven home to me when reading Peter Lampe’s From Paul to Valentinus: Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries. There’s not much on the MAMA XI site yet (two texts, complete with Epidoc source) but any contributions in this area are very welcome.