Extispicy Day

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Tuesday 9 June 2026, 2pm - 5pm

Lecture Room, 64 Banbury Road

All welcome

 

Come along to hear discussions about the latest research on divination through sacrificial animals with several speakers, including Mark Weeden (University College London), Selena Wisnom (University of Leicester), and Parsa Daneshmand (University of Oxford). 

 

Mark Weeden, Word and Object: Hermeneutics in Hittite Liver Models

Selena Wisnom, Reconstructing Extispicy: Close Reading and Practical Experience 

Parsa Daneshmand, The Ritual of Extispicy in Ancient Mesopotamia

 


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