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1. Spaces of Writing History in the Postcolonial City : Edits, Erasures, Inscriptions
Sammanfattning : The search for a pre-colonial identity has occupied post-colonial cities since independence, becoming intertwined with modern nation-building projects. Consequently, an active agenda of reframing heritage has emerged that is strongly connected to the process of revisiting and rewriting the past. LÄS MER
2. Yrrunan : Användning och ljudvärde i nordiska runinskrifter
Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to study the use of the ýr-rune in Scandinavian runic inscriptions. The rune, in the shapes m (older) and z (younger), originally denoted /R/, i.e. palatal r, which eventually merged with /r/. LÄS MER
3. Vikingatida runbleck : Läsningar och tolkningar
Sammanfattning : Föreliggande avhandling syftar till att utveckla läsningen och tolkningen av inskrifterna på de i dagsläget 46 kända vikingatida runblecken. Målet är att ge en så tydlig bild som möjligt av inskriftsgenren vikingatida runbleck. I detta syfte har upprepade fältundersökningar av runblecken genomförts med stereomikroskop. LÄS MER
4. Visuella textkonventioner i den tidiga vikingatidens runristningar
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines visual text conventions in the Nordic runic material from the early Viking Age and shows that visual meanings, as well as linguistic ones, can increase understanding of this complicated material. The thesis also provides a corpus of early Viking Age runic texts. The thesis comprises three investigations. LÄS MER
5. A study of dedications to Aphrodite from Greek magistrates
Sammanfattning : Through the identification of a series of inscriptions, mainly datable to the Hellenistic era, a link between Aphrodite and the civic life and administration of the Greek poleis has come to light. The inscriptions in question are dedications to Aphrodite through which magistrates of various cities and varying status express their devotion to the goddess. LÄS MER