cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802342
title: InscriptiFact -- an image database of inscriptions and artifacts

description: The InscriptiFact Collection is designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts, primarily from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. The targeted inscriptions constitute some of the world’s earliest written records, which are mostly housed in a number of international museums and libraries, as well as field projects where inscriptions still remain in situ. Included, for example, are, selected Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, Persia, Canaan and Egypt; early Jewish papyri from Egypt; lapidary inscriptions, primarily from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., ostraca, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles) mostly written in early Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite; and much more. These ancient texts are foundational documents that serve as a point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged. The name "InscriptiFact" is intended to convey the concept of a scholarly archive based on "facts" about "inscriptions" and "artifacts." West Semitic Research Project (WSRP) under the auspices of the University of Southern California (USC) is broadly acknowledged as a leader in the application of photographic and digital technologies to capture and analyze data of ancient texts. The West Semitic Research image archive now contains approximately 1,500,000 images. Important! Search terms with more than one word or number need to be enclosed in quotation marks.Guide to Searching InscriptiFact
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278144
title: Seal with winged figure and inscription

description: [Text Description:] One register, winged figure with star and moon, ankh sign(?), four letter inscription, lsr/dm ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Translucent stone, 1.35 cm x 1.8 cm, rounded ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Damaged bottom right
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15282085
title: Seal of Shual son of Elisha

description: [Text Description:] Single-line border, double-line field dividers, running bull in middle register, flanked by vegetal (pomegranate?) staffs. Inscription in top and bottom registers, which reads: ls'lb/n'lys' ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Avigad and Sass 979 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced. Bought in Baghdad. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Scaraboid stamp seal of red and white agate, perforated, 20 x 16 x 11 mm. Single-line border, double-line field dividers, running bull in middle register, flanked by vegetal (pomegranate?) staffs. Inscription in top and bottom registers.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278137
title: Sale of land parcel

description: [Text Description:] Sale of land parcel? Five witnesses; nig-sam, su-ba-ti ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenacned; possibly from Nippur-Isin region. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Cuneiform tablet, inscribed on both sides. Top left and bottom right edge of obverse destroyed.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15282078
title: Pale Green glass intaglio of a mans head

description: [Text Description:] Male head in profile to the right. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Glass ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Molded transparent, yellow-green glass scaraboid, perforated, 2.2 x 1.7 cm, depicting a woman's head. Pitted surface, chips to edges, internal fractures, and some encrustations.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278135
title: Belonging to kprmlk

description: [Text Description:] Three registers with 2-line dividers, beetle in top register, inscription in 2nd, 4 vertical lines in 3rd; inscription in positive form; lkprmlk? ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Reddish stone, 1.4 cm x 1.7 cm, rounded ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Vertical crack, damaged on bottom of face
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15282070
title: Seal impression of Nahum

description: [Text Description:] Single-line border and field divider. Two registers. Inscription reads: lnhm/'vdy ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced. Similar jar-handle seal impressions have been found at Tell el-Judeideh, Lachish, and Nahal 'Arugot, En Gedi. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Jar-handle seal impression of seal BLMJ 1826. Rectangular seal impression, ca. 18.5 x 12.5 mm.Single-line border and field divider. Two registers.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278129
title: Belonging to Natanyahu son of Buzi, Avigad & Sass 278

description: [Text Description:] Triple-line border, lotus-bud field divider. 2 inscribed registers: "(Belonging) to ntnyhw son of bwzy ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Avigad & Sass 278 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced. Bought in Jerusalem by Professor A. T. Clay from a dealer who could give no information as to the place where it was found. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Bluish chalcedony. Scaraboid perforated stamp seal, 20 x 17 x 12 mm. Triple-line border, lotus-bud field divider. 2 inscribed registers.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802337
title: InscriptiFact -- an image database of inscriptions and artifacts

description: The InscriptiFact Collection is designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts, primarily from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. The targeted inscriptions constitute some of the world’s earliest written records, which are mostly housed in a number of international museums and libraries, as well as field projects where inscriptions still remain in situ. Included, for example, are, selected Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, Persia, Canaan and Egypt; early Jewish papyri from Egypt; lapidary inscriptions, primarily from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., ostraca, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles) mostly written in early Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite; and much more. These ancient texts are foundational documents that serve as a point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged. The name "InscriptiFact" is intended to convey the concept of a scholarly archive based on "facts" about "inscriptions" and "artifacts." West Semitic Research Project (WSRP) under the auspices of the University of Southern California (USC) is broadly acknowledged as a leader in the application of photographic and digital technologies to capture and analyze data of ancient texts. The West Semitic Research image archive now contains approximately 1,500,000 images. Important! Search terms with more than one word or number need to be enclosed in quotation marks.Guide to Searching InscriptiFact
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278132
title: Fragment of inscribed bowl from Kition

description: [Text Description:] Fragment of edge of a large container varnished black. Decoration of olive tree on exterior; 2 lines of a fragmentary inscription on interior, inscribed after firing. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in 1894 by J. L. Myres in excavations on the hill of Batsalos (Kition) ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragment of edge of ❧ large container varnished black. Decoration of olive tree on exterior; ❧ lines of ❧ fragmentary inscription on interior, inscribed after firing. H. 6.5cm; ❧ 9cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270178
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270187
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270180
title: Amman Statue, Aufrecht 43, Amman Statue Inscription

description: [Text Description:] Name of person depicted in the statue ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 43 ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Limestone statue 45 cm. high; pedestal 8 cm. high
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270183
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270176
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270184
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269902
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270175
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269895
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270169
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270167
title: Tell Siran Bottle

description: [Text Description:] Commemorative Inscription or poem lauding the vineyards, garden, hollow, and cistern of Amminadab, King of the Ammonites ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 78 ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Bronze-colored bottle made of copper, lead, and tin. It is 10 cm. Long and has an empty weight of 184.2 grams. There is a dent in the bottle between letters 7 and 8. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] The end of the bottle was sealed by a pin through the neck. The bottle contained dried barley, wheat, and a few weeds, as well as small chunks of lead and copper from an unknown source.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802145
title: InscriptiFact -- an image database of inscriptions and artifacts

description: The InscriptiFact Collection is designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts, primarily from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. The targeted inscriptions constitute some of the world’s earliest written records, which are mostly housed in a number of international museums and libraries, as well as field projects where inscriptions still remain in situ. Included, for example, are, selected Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, Persia, Canaan and Egypt; early Jewish papyri from Egypt; lapidary inscriptions, primarily from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., ostraca, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles) mostly written in early Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite; and much more. These ancient texts are foundational documents that serve as a point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged. The name "InscriptiFact" is intended to convey the concept of a scholarly archive based on "facts" about "inscriptions" and "artifacts." West Semitic Research Project (WSRP) under the auspices of the University of Southern California (USC) is broadly acknowledged as a leader in the application of photographic and digital technologies to capture and analyze data of ancient texts. The West Semitic Research image archive now contains approximately 1,500,000 images. Important! Search terms with more than one word or number need to be enclosed in quotation marks.Guide to Searching InscriptiFact
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15270159
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802143
title: InscriptiFact -- an image database of inscriptions and artifacts

description: The InscriptiFact Collection is designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts, primarily from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. The targeted inscriptions constitute some of the world’s earliest written records, which are mostly housed in a number of international museums and libraries, as well as field projects where inscriptions still remain in situ. Included, for example, are, selected Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, Persia, Canaan and Egypt; early Jewish papyri from Egypt; lapidary inscriptions, primarily from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., ostraca, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles) mostly written in early Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite; and much more. These ancient texts are foundational documents that serve as a point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged. The name "InscriptiFact" is intended to convey the concept of a scholarly archive based on "facts" about "inscriptions" and "artifacts." West Semitic Research Project (WSRP) under the auspices of the University of Southern California (USC) is broadly acknowledged as a leader in the application of photographic and digital technologies to capture and analyze data of ancient texts. The West Semitic Research image archive now contains approximately 1,500,000 images. Important! Search terms with more than one word or number need to be enclosed in quotation marks.Guide to Searching InscriptiFact
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269908
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276611
title: Umayri seal impression #1749

description: [Text Description:] Underside: single-line border, bird on flower surrounded by inscription with word dividers: (Belonging) to 'Ilamas, son of tmk'l. Back: rope border, ram's or bull's head, inscription along the edge above. ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Avigad & Sass 886 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Tell el-'Umeiri excavations 1989. Found in the topsoil of Field A (Sq. 7K72, Locus 2). ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Limestone (?) perforated scaraboid stamp seal, 13 x 12 x 8 mm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Underside: single-line border, bird on flower surrounded by inscription with word dividers. Back: rope border, ram's or bull's head, inscription along the edge above.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269880
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802089
title: InscriptiFact -- an image database of inscriptions and artifacts

description: The InscriptiFact Collection is designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts, primarily from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. The targeted inscriptions constitute some of the world’s earliest written records, which are mostly housed in a number of international museums and libraries, as well as field projects where inscriptions still remain in situ. Included, for example, are, selected Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, Persia, Canaan and Egypt; early Jewish papyri from Egypt; lapidary inscriptions, primarily from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., ostraca, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles) mostly written in early Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite; and much more. These ancient texts are foundational documents that serve as a point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged. The name "InscriptiFact" is intended to convey the concept of a scholarly archive based on "facts" about "inscriptions" and "artifacts." West Semitic Research Project (WSRP) under the auspices of the University of Southern California (USC) is broadly acknowledged as a leader in the application of photographic and digital technologies to capture and analyze data of ancient texts. The West Semitic Research image archive now contains approximately 1,500,000 images. Important! Search terms with more than one word or number need to be enclosed in quotation marks.Guide to Searching InscriptiFact
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269869
title: Amman Statue, Aufrecht 43, Amman Statue Inscription

description: [Text Description:] Name of person depicted in the statue ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 43 ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Limestone statue 45 cm. high; pedestal 8 cm. high
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276353
title: Limestone portrait, head of woman from Arsos

description: [Text Description:] Limestone head of a woman from Arsos. No text. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in the sanctuary of Aphrodite at Arsos. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Limestone head of a woman from Arsos, 27cm. high. Shows influences of 4th century BCE Greek sculpture.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269868
title: Deir 'Alla Plaster Texts

description: [Text Description:] 8th century narrative concerning the seer/prophet Balaam, son of Beor ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 312 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Combination I: found in ❧ pit in the middle of the floor of room ❧ locus 34. Combination II: found outside the northeastern corner of the wall of the room ❧ locus 57. Both may have come from wall 36. ❧ [Medium:] Plaster ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic or Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Plaster wall fragments with writing in red ❧ black ink.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269862
title: Tell Siran Bottle

description: [Text Description:] Commemorative Inscription or poem lauding the vineyards, garden, hollow, and cistern of Amminadab, King of the Ammonites ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 78 ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Bronze-colored bottle made of copper, lead, and tin. It is 10 cm. Long and has an empty weight of 184.2 grams. There is a dent in the bottle between letters 7 and 8. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] The end of the bottle was sealed by a pin through the neck. The bottle contained dried barley, wheat, and a few weeds, as well as small chunks of lead and copper from an unknown source.