I'm afraid that the "beautiful Buddha statue" requires a fair bit of interpolation to see, as the speaker himself makes quite clear. I have no evidence that this is not a buddha, and if this partial image were found in an Indian context we might well assume it to have been a buddha, but in this context it requires really a great deal of imagination to conclude that it is. More than a small amount caution is warranted, I should say.
Jonathan Silk On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:49 PM Westin Harris via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Rich, > > Here is a link (below) to a fascinating slideshow presentation by Dr. > Sidebotham showcasing many South Asian finds at Berenike. > > From what I can tell, he does not mention the Sanskrit inscription but he > does discuss numerous other South Asian discoveries at Berenike, including > a beautiful Buddha statue at 47:00, a South Asian textile resembling an > Ajanta mural at 26:50, South Asian beads at 28:00, and more. > > Video link: https://youtu.be/2q1fyoZN10Q > > *Sincerely,* > > *Westin Harris* > Ph.D. Candidate > Study of Religion > University of California, Davis > https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris > > 2021 Dissertation Fellow, > The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies > > Sarva Mangalam. > > On Jul 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM, Charles DiSimone via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Rich, > > The talk alluded to in the Facebook post Madhav appears to be here > <https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/webcasts?fbclid=IwAR1Annmu8GN0F8gkN1BYeB5FPXkXtQk0wQnJNWp8ljuMFEfYi9RwBJUq_NQ> > in > session 5 of the Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context: international > workshop: Dr Shailendra Bhandare (Ashmolean Museum), and Martina Stoye > (Museum für Asiatische Kunst Berlin, SMB, SPK)Indian Dedications at > Berenike on the Red Sea. There's a video available but I have always found > the Gandhāra Connections website to be very finicky and have not been able > to get it to play on my computer but only on my phone. Hopefully you have > more luck! > > All my best, > Charlie > > Dr. Charles DiSimone > Department of Languages and Cultures > Ghent University > > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 9:24 AM Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Excavations have been carried out at Berenike from the early 1990s under >> Steven Sidebotham, who in 2011 published the following book: >> Sidebotham, Steven E., 2011. Berenike and the ancient maritime spice >> route. (The California World History Library 18.) Berkeley: University of >> California Press. xviii, 434 pp., ill. >> Steven E. Sidebotham is Professor of History at the University of >> Delaware, email [email protected] <[email protected]> >> >> Best regards, Asko >> >> >> On 2. Jul 2022, at 1.23, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Rich, >> >> I see a March 29 message on FaceBook by Shailen Bhandare: >> >> "The recording of our presentation on interesting "transcultural" >> findings from the excavations at Berenike is now on-line. I present an >> exciting discovery - the first ever Sanskrit inscription found in Egypt, >> dated in the reign of Roman Emperor Philip 'the Arab'! It is a dedicatory >> inscription left by a Kshatriya named Vasula, and undoubtedly of a Buddhist >> nature as indicated by its colophon. Thanks again to Steve Sidebotham and >> Team Berenike!" >> >> Shailen Bhandare will be the best source of information on this topic. >> >> Madhav >> >> Madhav M. Deshpande >> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics >> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies >> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, >> India >> >> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 1:13 PM Richard G. Salomon via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear colleagues, >>> >>> Some weeks ago I saw a reference on Facebook to the recent discovery of >>> a Sanskrit inscription in Egypt, said to be dated to the reign of the Roman >>> emperor Philip "the Arab" (244-249 CE). But I haven't been able to find any >>> further information about this. Has anyone heard any more about this? >>> >>> Rich Salomon >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- J. 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