Oliver Clarke

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Curatorial Assistant - Greek Coins and Research Assistant on the CHRYSOS+ project at the Ashmolean Museum. Also Stipendiary Lecturer, LMH. Hellenistic history, coinage, epigraphy, Asia Minor . Quizzer, rower, lapsed Brummie.

An entire set of Loebs (a series that provides texts and English translations of much of our surviving Ancient Greek and Latin literature)
An on-train screen showing the destinations of Moseley Village, Kings Heath, Pineapple Road and Kings Norton
Map of Mediterranean, in French, oriented with the West at the top
It is similar in date, design and shape to a silver gilt shield fitting that is part of the enormous deposit of 16,000 military objects found at Illerup Ådal on the eastern coast of Jutland. Most of the objects found in the Illerup river valley deposit, including the Alexander shield decoration, were sacrificed after a battle around 200 A.D. It was war booty taken from an army of about 1,000 men from Norway and western Sweden who sailed down to Jutland and were soundly defeated by local Germanic warriors. Many of the swords, mounts, coins and fittings were of Roman origin, evidence of contact between Scandinavian elites and the Roman Empire.
A view across one of the lawns of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Academia.edu Oliver, is this publication yours? Help us keep your profile up to date. The multiple sex chromosomes of platypus and echidna are not completely identical and several share homology with the avian Z Oliver Clarke 2007, Genome Biology
White men aged 25-34 from the West Midlands, who rent a home in a city, are in work and have a postgraduate degree. There are about 2,000 Britons like this
Poems For Parliament Promoting voluntary, equitable Degrowth, for maximum wellbeing Menu +expandedcollapsed Events Tuesday 18 March 2025 at 16:00-17:30 GMT, Barbara Williams will be answering questions after the half-hour pre-recorded presentation ‘Paths to Paradigm Shift’ is played, see below. The workshop is hosted by the Schumacher Institute. If you wish to attend, please email
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Reverse of a lifetime issue of Alexander the Great, showing Zeus seated, holding an eagle, with a rooster by his legs, and a legend that reads ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ
A tiny gold hand at the end of a long, thin pointer, in a display cabinet)
A little silver coin with ??? On the obverse, and a monogram of Themistokles ΘΕ, in an incuse square on the reverse
On the occasion of his dissertation viva voce on 1 August 1889, the final hurdle before receiving his doctorate, Weber published his dissertation in a pamphlet entitled ‘Development of the Principle of Joint Liability and a Separate Fund of the General Partnership out of the Household Communi- ties and Commercial Associations in Italian Cities’ (Weber, 1889a).18 Next to his dissertation, Weber included in the ‘Development of the Principle of Joint Liability’ his vita and five theses, together with the names of three persons he had invited as opponents at his viva voce: Otto Baumgarten, his cousin and the son of Hermann Baumgarten, who had exerted some influence on his political views while a student; Karl Mommsen, son of Theodor Mommsen; and Walter Lotz. All of them were friends of Max’s during his student years (Weber, 1889a: 1, 57–61; see also Winckelmann, 1964). The examination was uneventful, except for a momentous occasion. After Weber had defended three of his five theses against his three opponents (called the Rigorosum), the public disputation part followed. During this, the famous Roman historian Theodor Mommsen rose to engage Weber on one of his theses on Roman law – independent of Weber’s actual dissertation – and then proclaimed that ‘he was still not entirely convinced of the correctness of Weber’s thesis, but that he did not wish to impede the candidate’s progress and would withdraw his opposition. The younger generation, so he said, often had new ideas that the older one could not immediately embrace, and that might be so in this instance.’ He went on: ‘But when I have to go to my grave someday, there is no one to whom I would rather say, “Son, here is my spear; it is getting too heavy for my arm”, than the highly esteemed Max Weber’ (Marianne Weber, 1988: 114).19
Tweet by @owenbroadcast "the main issue with video games is that a guy who, if he lived in 1820s germany, would have done something like document every type of beetle in his local province instead ends up making a 26 part youtube series about how to get all the rings in every sonic game"
laureate head of Augustus (or Caesar?), right, crowned behind by small figure of Nike
Silver Tetradrachm of Prousias II of Bithynia, Kaye 2013 Early Group. Head of Prousias with (magnificent) sideburns facing right, wearing a winged diadem.
IONIA, Magnesia. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 17mm (2.36 g). Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front / Reverse: MAΓN-HTΩN, infant Dionysus seated right on cista mystica around which is coiled a serpent
A silver stater/double siglos from Mallos in Cilicia. On the obverse, Athena sits holding a spear and leaning on a shield, with an olive trunk behind, all in a dotted round border. On the reverse, the winged Goddess Nike kneels on a club, while inscribing her name NIKH with a stylus, the abbreviated ethnic MAΛ behind her.
On one occasion, when he was thought to be riding abroad in a more affable mood than usual, and seemed to encounter his subjects without displeasure, there was a large concourse of people who presented him with written petitions. He received them all and folded them away in his cloak, whereupon the people were delighted and escorted him on his way; but when he came to the bridge over the Axius, he shook out the folds of his cloak and cast all the petitions into the river. 3 This was a great vexation to the Macedonians, who thought themselves insulted, not ruled, and they called to mind, or listened to those who called to mind, how reasonable Philip used to be in such matters, and how accessible. An old woman once assailed Demetrius as he was passing by, and demanded many times that he give her a hearing. "I have no time," said Demetrius. "Then don't be king," screamed the old woman. 4 Demetrius was stung to the quick, and after thinking upon the matter, went back to his house, and postponing every thing else, for several days devoted himself entirely to those who wished audience of him, beginning with the old woman who had rebuked him.
Looking out to sea from the beach at West Bay, Dorset
A view from the Worcestershire Beacon, looking NNE
Obverse of a 6th century BC Ephesian obol
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Obverse of a silver stater: Baaltars, standing, facing left. He is holding an eagle in his right hand, and a sceptre in his left. On the left is a (very worn) Greek inscription ΤΕΡ (of Tarsus), to the right Aramaic 𐡕𐡓𐡉𐡁𐡆𐡅 (TRIBZW, i.e. Tiribazos)
Rock Garden in front of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, York
Post by the Fitzwilliam Museum on Instagram, with a picture of the artwork "A hero’s last act of love... This dramatic piece, 'Corsesus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe' (1813), pulls us into a mythological moment. The Trojan hero Corsesus throws himself into danger to save the maiden he loves, Callirhoe, making the ultimate sacrifice. Born in Guadeloupe, French artist Guillaume Lethière was the illegitimate son of a formerly enslaved Black woman and white French lawyer. He honed his craft in France and Rome, but scholars believe he sketched this mythological scene in the early days of his career. 👉 You can see this piece in our 'What's New' display, featuring some of the exciting new artworks and objects that have joined our collection in the last five years. 🔗 Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit and come zoom into every dramatic detail. 🖼️ Guillaume Lethière, Corsesus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe, c.1778-86, Pen and black ink with black chalk and grey wash on paper © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge."
Obverse (head) of a silver stater from Phaselis. It depicts the prow of a warship as the forepart of a wild boar.
Tolkien laughing
TADAE A6.9 Inside 1 From Aršāma to Marduk the official who is in [ . . . . . ]; Nabudalani the offic[ial] who is in Laʿir; Zātavahyā the official [who is in] Arzuḥin; Upastābara the official who is in Arbel, ḤL[.], and Matalubaš; Bagafārna the official 2 [w]ho is in Saʿlam; Frādafarnā and Hau[madā]ta (?) the [o]ffi[cial]s who are in Damascus. And now, [behol]d, (he) whose name is Nakhtḥor, m[y] official, [is goi]ng to Egypt. (As for) you, give [him ra]tions from my estate which is in your provinces, 3 day by day: white flour, two measures (ḤPNN); inferior (?) flour, three measures; wine or beer, two measures; [cheese (?) or lamb (?)], one. And for his servants, ten m[e]n, to each per day: 4 flour, one measure; fodder in proportion to his horses. And give rations to the (following) men: two Cilicians, one artisan, (in) all, three (men), my servants who are going with him to Egypt, to each 5 man per day: flour, one measure. Give them this ration, from (one) official to (the next) official, in accordance with the route which is from province to province, until he shall reach Egypt. 6 And if he should be in (any) one place more than one day, then for those days you shall not give them further rations. Bagasravā knows this order. Rāšta is the scribe.