Jean-Baptiste Yon
Biographic Data
| ID | 371991 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean-Baptiste Yon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean-Baptiste |
| FAMILY NAME | Yon |
| SIGNATURE | YON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | CNRS / Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beirut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reconsidering Three Hundred Years of Epigraphic Habit in Palmyra (Syria) in Light of a Full Quantifcation Approach
This paper explores how the systematic collection, digitization, and analysis of Palmyra’s public inscriptions can enhance our understanding of the interplay between language, public space, and the city’s elite. By applying computational methods, the study identifies key periods of urban development and shifting elite self-representation, particularly through bilingual inscriptions in Greek and Palmyrene. The spatial and chronological patterns re…
Dying on a New Year’s Day
Presentation of an unpublished Jewish Aramaic epitaph of a man who died on New Year’s Day ad 424. The stone is kept in a private Jordanian collection, but, from the layout, the text of the inscription and the type of stone, it can be ascribed with certainty to Zoora (modern Ġawr al-Ṣāfī, al-Karak Governorate, southern Jordan) where over 70 similar texts have been found. It contributes to the documentation of a small and distinct community in this…
Epigraphic harvest at the Dead Sea
This paper presents seven Christian funerary stelae that were recently discovered in southern Jordan at Ġawr al-Ṣāfī, the ancient Zoora in Palaestina Tertia. Six of them bear ordinary Greek epitaphs. The seventh is much more outstanding, as its inscription is written in both Greek and Aramaic. This monument dated to 417 ad is also unique in that it testifies to the use of the Syriac alphabet within the local Christian community in late antiquity
Bulletin de la société française d’archéologie classique (2020-2021)
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N athanael J. A ndrade . Zenobia
The narrative of Zenobia: Shooting Star of Palmyra by Nathanael J. Andrade is an interesting addition to the Women in Antiquity series. It deals with the well-known personality of Zenobia, from the oasis city of Palmyra in Syria, ephemeral queen and would-be usurper in the name of her son Wahballat in the third quarter of the third century. The bibliography about Zenobia is more than abundant, inversely proportional to the amount of documentation…
Une inscription du théâtre de Bayt Ras / Capitolias
Une inscription grecque de Capitolias (Bayt Ras au nord-ouest de la Jordanie), connue par une documentation ancienne, commémore une construction. Elle permet également de s’interroger sur le territoire de la cité antique qui devait s’étendre vers l’ouest, mais être très limité au sud et à l’est, en particulier dans les environs de la moderne Irbid
Une épigramme de la région de Gadara
Bader Nabil, Yon Jean-Baptiste. Une épigramme de la région de Gadara. In: Topoi, volume 22/1, 2018. pp. 295-304
Le reflet des honneurs
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Quelques cippes funéraires de SidonDocuments nouveaux et méconnus
Les cippes funéraires de Sidon sont un type de monument propre à cette cité de la côte phénicienne. Sont publiés ici six nouveaux exemplaires inscrits en grec, connus par des photos anciennes ou conservés dans des collections publiques. L'épitaphe de l'un d'entre eux jette un éclairage nouveau sur le fonctionnement du gymnase et l’éducation à Sidon sous l’Empire romain
John F. Healey, Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Period
Ce volume fort bien venu prend la suite des trois ouvrages de J. C. L. Gibson, parus entre 1971 et 1982 (I, Hebrew and Moabite Inscriptions ; II, Aramaic Inscriptions ; III, Phoenician Inscriptions) chez le même éditeur. Il présente un choix d’inscriptions et de documents (parchemins et papyri) écrits dans divers dialectes de l’araméen, nabatéen, judéo-araméen (Jewish [Palestinian] Aramaic), palmyrénien, syriaque (édessénien), hatréen. Ce qui le …
Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Alain Desreumaux, Jacob Thekeparampil, Recueil des inscriptions syriaques, t. I, Kérala
Les inscriptions de Hosn Sfiré
La romanisation de Palmyre et des villes de l'Euphrate
On trouvera ici une étude sur la manière dont l'Empire romain a laissé sa marque en Orient, dans des zones souvent considérées en marge, Palmyre, Édesse et les villes de l'Euphrate. Il s'agissait peut-être plus d'hellénisation que de romanisation, et, surtout, les traditions locales jouaient un grand rôle, ce qui est particulièrement frappant à Palmyre. Doura- Eur opos, Zeugma ou Édesse sont profondément imprégnées de civilisations hellénique (Ze…
A propos de l'expression AΛƳΠE Xaipe 3
The formula ὰλνπɛ χαῖρɛ is frequently met in many parts of the Greek world (Egypt, Egea), and above all in Syria and Roman Near East. It is besides often possible to show links between uses of the phrase in funerary context and Syrians in the Aegean world, ὰλνπɛ χαῖρɛ is very frequently found in the area between Seleucia-on-the-Euphrates/Zeugma and Hierapolis-Membidj. Recent works in Zeugma have revealed new examples showing that it was ubiquitou…
Textes et fragments grecs de Palmyre
The publication of these modest Greek and bilingual texts allows to surmise that certain phrases and expressions were more common in Palmyra than it is usually thought. Inscriptions concerning foundation or concession of tombs are also included, as well as new evidence of the close links between Palmyrenes and the Severian Emperors
Remarques sur une famille caravanière à Palmyre
The city of Palmyra, in the Syrian steppe, is well known for its caravan-trade, which made its fortune during the Roman period. The Aramaic and Greek epigraphical evidence allows a precise picture to be drawn of the way members of the city's upper classes were in command of the trade. Among them, the family of Marcus Ulpius Iarhai is in a conspicuous position in the middle of the 2nd cent. From the particular example of this individual, the study…
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Remarques sur une famille caravanière à Palmyre
The city of Palmyra, in the Syrian steppe, is well known for its caravan-trade, which made its fortune during the Roman period. The Aramaic and Greek epigraphical evidence allows a precise picture to be drawn of the way members of the city's upper classes were in command of the trade. Among them, the family of Marcus Ulpius Iarhai is in a conspicuous position in the middle of the 2nd cent. From the particular example of this individual, the study…
Textes et fragments grecs de Palmyre
The publication of these modest Greek and bilingual texts allows to surmise that certain phrases and expressions were more common in Palmyra than it is usually thought. Inscriptions concerning foundation or concession of tombs are also included, as well as new evidence of the close links between Palmyrenes and the Severian Emperors
A propos de l'expression AΛƳΠE Xaipe 3
The formula ὰλνπɛ χαῖρɛ is frequently met in many parts of the Greek world (Egypt, Egea), and above all in Syria and Roman Near East. It is besides often possible to show links between uses of the phrase in funerary context and Syrians in the Aegean world, ὰλνπɛ χαῖρɛ is very frequently found in the area between Seleucia-on-the-Euphrates/Zeugma and Hierapolis-Membidj. Recent works in Zeugma have revealed new examples showing that it was ubiquitou…
La romanisation de Palmyre et des villes de l'Euphrate
On trouvera ici une étude sur la manière dont l'Empire romain a laissé sa marque en Orient, dans des zones souvent considérées en marge, Palmyre, Édesse et les villes de l'Euphrate. Il s'agissait peut-être plus d'hellénisation que de romanisation, et, surtout, les traditions locales jouaient un grand rôle, ce qui est particulièrement frappant à Palmyre. Doura- Eur opos, Zeugma ou Édesse sont profondément imprégnées de civilisations hellénique (Ze…
Les inscriptions de Hosn Sfiré
Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Alain Desreumaux, Jacob Thekeparampil, Recueil des inscriptions syriaques, t. I, Kérala
John F. Healey, Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Period
Ce volume fort bien venu prend la suite des trois ouvrages de J. C. L. Gibson, parus entre 1971 et 1982 (I, Hebrew and Moabite Inscriptions ; II, Aramaic Inscriptions ; III, Phoenician Inscriptions) chez le même éditeur. Il présente un choix d’inscriptions et de documents (parchemins et papyri) écrits dans divers dialectes de l’araméen, nabatéen, judéo-araméen (Jewish [Palestinian] Aramaic), palmyrénien, syriaque (édessénien), hatréen. Ce qui le …
Quelques cippes funéraires de SidonDocuments nouveaux et méconnus
Les cippes funéraires de Sidon sont un type de monument propre à cette cité de la côte phénicienne. Sont publiés ici six nouveaux exemplaires inscrits en grec, connus par des photos anciennes ou conservés dans des collections publiques. L'épitaphe de l'un d'entre eux jette un éclairage nouveau sur le fonctionnement du gymnase et l’éducation à Sidon sous l’Empire romain
Le reflet des honneurs
International audience
Une inscription du théâtre de Bayt Ras / Capitolias
Une inscription grecque de Capitolias (Bayt Ras au nord-ouest de la Jordanie), connue par une documentation ancienne, commémore une construction. Elle permet également de s’interroger sur le territoire de la cité antique qui devait s’étendre vers l’ouest, mais être très limité au sud et à l’est, en particulier dans les environs de la moderne Irbid
Une épigramme de la région de Gadara
Bader Nabil, Yon Jean-Baptiste. Une épigramme de la région de Gadara. In: Topoi, volume 22/1, 2018. pp. 295-304
N athanael J. A ndrade . Zenobia
The narrative of Zenobia: Shooting Star of Palmyra by Nathanael J. Andrade is an interesting addition to the Women in Antiquity series. It deals with the well-known personality of Zenobia, from the oasis city of Palmyra in Syria, ephemeral queen and would-be usurper in the name of her son Wahballat in the third quarter of the third century. The bibliography about Zenobia is more than abundant, inversely proportional to the amount of documentation…
Bulletin de la société française d’archéologie classique (2020-2021)
International audience
Epigraphic harvest at the Dead Sea
This paper presents seven Christian funerary stelae that were recently discovered in southern Jordan at Ġawr al-Ṣāfī, the ancient Zoora in Palaestina Tertia. Six of them bear ordinary Greek epitaphs. The seventh is much more outstanding, as its inscription is written in both Greek and Aramaic. This monument dated to 417 ad is also unique in that it testifies to the use of the Syriac alphabet within the local Christian community in late antiquity
Dying on a New Year’s Day
Presentation of an unpublished Jewish Aramaic epitaph of a man who died on New Year’s Day ad 424. The stone is kept in a private Jordanian collection, but, from the layout, the text of the inscription and the type of stone, it can be ascribed with certainty to Zoora (modern Ġawr al-Ṣāfī, al-Karak Governorate, southern Jordan) where over 70 similar texts have been found. It contributes to the documentation of a small and distinct community in this…
Reconsidering Three Hundred Years of Epigraphic Habit in Palmyra (Syria) in Light of a Full Quantifcation Approach
This paper explores how the systematic collection, digitization, and analysis of Palmyra’s public inscriptions can enhance our understanding of the interplay between language, public space, and the city’s elite. By applying computational methods, the study identifies key periods of urban development and shifting elite self-representation, particularly through bilingual inscriptions in Greek and Palmyrene. The spatial and chronological patterns re…
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