The Programme of International Conference Rencontres sabéennes, 10: Recent Epigraphic and Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia held at the Institute on May 31 - June 3, 2006.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RENCONTRES SABÉENNES, 10: RECENT EPIGRAPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN SOUTH ARABIASt. Petersburg, May 31st - June 3rd 2006
PROGRAMME 31.05.06, Wednesday
9.00 :: Registration - St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (18, Dvortsovaya embankment)
10.00 :: Opening ceremony - Prof. M.B. Piotrovskij (The State Hermitage Museum; 34, Dvortsovaya embankment)
Session I (Chairman: Prof.-Dr. R. Eichmann) 10.10 :: A.Avanzini (Pisa). Some suggestions for classifying the South Arabian languages 10.40 :: Discussion
11.10 :: Coffee-break - St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (18, Dvortsovaya embankment)
11.40 :: G. Mazzini (Pisa). Qatabanic lexicography 12.00 :: Discussion 12.20 :: S. Frantsouzoff (St. Petersburg). The principle of Shibboleth: once more about the classification of the languages of pre-Islamic Arabia 12.50 :: Discussion 13.30 - 15.00 :: Lunch
Session II (Chairman: Prof. A. Avanzini) St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (18, Dvortsovaya embankment) 15.00 :: A. Multhoff (Jena). The verbal t-stems in ancient South Arabian 15.20 :: Discussion 15.45 :: Ch. Robin (Paris). Le calendrier himyarite: un r�examen 16.15 :: Discussion 16.45 :: Coffee-break 17.15 :: Visit to the Manuscript Department of St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies 17.45 :: P. Stein (Jena). The letters on the cheek of Athena revisited: numbers or names 18.15 :: Discussion 20.00 - 21.00 :: Boat trip on the river of Neva - departure from the Hermitage pier
01.06.06, Thursday (St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies; 18, Dvortsovaya embankment) 10.00 - 13.30 :: Bus trip around the city - departure from the hotel Rus'
13.30 - 14.30 :: Visit to the Buddhist temple of St. Petersburg and lunch in it
Session III (Chairman: Dr. B. Vogt) 15.00 :: I. Gerlach (Berlin/Sanaa). Architectural and chronological aspects of the Almaqah temple in Sirwâh in the light of the new discovered inscription of the Yitha`´amar Watar bin Yakrubmalik 15.20 :: Discussion 15.30 :: H. Hitgen (Berlin/Sanaa). Pre-Islamic architecture in the highlands of Yemen: local development or South Arabian tradition 15.50 :: Discussion 16.00 :: A. Benoist (Lyon), J. Schiettecatte (Paris). Evolution of architecture at Makaynûn during the 1st millennium BC: the first attempt of synthesis 16.20 :: Discussion 16.30 :: Coffee-break 17.00 :: C. Phillips (London). Religious and domestic architecture in pre-Islamic Tihâmah 17.20 :: Discussion 17.30 :: I. Gajda (Paris). Palais et maisons dans les inscriptions sudarabiques 17.50 :: Discussion 18.00 :: S. Japp (Berlin). Architectural reliefs from Zafâr: some ideas on decoration, chronology and influences 18.20 :: Discussion 18.30 :: Chr. Darles (Tolouse). Latest results, new dating and recent evidence for the fortifications of Shabwa 18.50 :: Discussion
02.06.06, Friday (St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies; 18, Dvortsovaya embankment)
Session V (Chairman: Prof. J. Retsö) 10.00 :: V.V. Naumkin, E. Gushchina (Moscow). South Arabian deity Hgr-m in the light of Semitic parallels 10.20 :: Discussion 10.30 :: S. Antonini (Naples). The discovery of a first group of tombs at Barâqish 11.00 :: Discussion 11.15 :: Coffee-break 11.45 :: A. de Maigret (Naples). Excavations at Barâqish and Tamna': 2005 season 12.15 :: Discussion 12.30 :: M. Maraqten (Marburg). Epigraphic discoveries from Mahram Bilqîs, Mârib: the season 2006 13.00 :: Discussion 13.30 - 15.00 :: Lunch
15.00 :: Visit to the State Hermitage Museum (Golden Treasure)
19.00 :: Reception in the Researchers' House (22, Dvortsovaya embankment)
03.06.06, Saturday (St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies; 18, Dvortsovaja eembankment)
Session VI (Chairman: Prof. A. Sedov) 10.00 :: H. Hayajneh (Irbid). Greek worshipper in an ancient Yemenî temple 10.30 :: Discussion 11.00 :: D. Pickworth (Berkley). Archaeological survey in the Mârib area 11.20 :: Discussion 11.30 :: Coffee-break 12.00 :: R. Eichmann (Berlin). Recent excavations at Tayma', Saudi Arabia 12.30 :: Discussion 13.00 � 15.00 :: Lunch
Session VII (Chairman: Prof. Chr. Robin) - The State Hermitage Museum (34, Dvortsovaya embankment) 15.00 :: M.C.A. Macdonald (Oxford), A.J. Drewes (Leiden). Radiocarbon dating of inscribed sticks from the Leiden collection (provisional title)
15.30 :: Discussion 16.00 :: Conclusion remarks
The conference organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), St. Petersburg Branch of the same institute and the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg) with financial support of the Russian Foundation for Humanities (project 06-01-14030g) and the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences |