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Exploring the patchwork of personal names in ancient Cyrenaica with the help of digital tools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2024

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Catherine Dobias-Lalou*
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Emeritus Professor, Université de Bourgogne (Dijon) Member of the French Archaeological Mission in Libya for Antiquity
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Abstract

We know plenty of personal names from Cyrenaica and most of them are known to us through inscriptions. Although the bulk of them are Greek, with some local dialectal features, we also find already in the Classical period some Libyan names. Later on, two new influxes become clear in local onomastics: Jewish and Roman names which appear in great number. In 1987 (LGPN 1), these names were collected, with the main emphasis on Greek, and were studied both from a linguistic and a sociohistorical point of view. The publication of digital corpora in 2017 and 2020 and other digital resources now make it possible to update the corpus and to search it much more easily. Some new results are presented here with the stress on Libyan and Jewish names.

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Libyan Studies , First View , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies

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