cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801869
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-ouc15258565
title: Design Scarab

description: [Text Description:] The inscription is of geometrical design. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Hyatt Robert Von Dehn ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Steatite Scarab w/no glaze; bored lengthwise; crudely rendered; chip on left side of back ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.69cm; H: .71cm; W: 1.21cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15258347
title: Scarab/Amulet

description: [Text Description:] The base contains an xpr beetle flanked by two uraei. Both the Scarab and uraei characterize symbols of rejuvenation, kingship and afterlife ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the Hearst Foundation ❧ [Medium:] Faience ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Green glazed composite/faience scarab; bored lengthwise ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.43cm; H: .61cm; W: 1.0cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15258322
title: May Bastet give beautiful [things]

description: [Text Description:] Base inscription is of a monkey/baboon holding a 'nfr' sign (good, beautiful), behind which is the glyph for 'di' (to give) The ape a 'nfr' are commonly associated with the formula: dj bAstt nfrw-May Bastet give beautiful [things] ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Hyatt Robert Von Dehn ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Steatite Scarab w/no glaze; bored lengthwise; chips at bottom bore hole and left leg; degraded scarab w/many cracks and chips overall; back design highly stylized w/a complete miniature scarab in center and lines eminating out as legs? ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 2.33cm; H: 1.0cm; W: 1.66cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15258560
title: Shu

description: [Text Description:] The feather representing Sw (Shu), here is mis-rendered - usually written w/Maat feather. Next to feather is sA ra, nb - Son of Ra, Lord. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the Hearst Foundation ❧ [Medium:] Faience ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Blue, green colored composite/faience scarab; bored lengthwise; worn on elytra; legs decorated w/stroke marks ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.25cm; H: .55cm; W: .91cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15258316
title: Scarab depicting king worshipping solar boat

description: [Text Description:] Inscription: upper register is a sun barque that can be read as jmn-ra (Amun Ra). Below is a kneeling king w/blue crown praising the barque. Behind king - mAat feather, in front - nfr sign ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the Hearst Foundation ❧ [Medium:] Faience ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Green glazed composite/faience scarab; bored lengthwise; chips on head and bottom bore hole; legs are notched w/stroke lines ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.76cm; H: .85cm; W: 1.24cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15258354
title: Chosen of Ra, stp.n ra

description: [Text Description:] Inscription: a falcon w/flail in front of a 'nfr' sign. Below are glyphs for stp.n ra - Chosen of Ra ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the Hearst Foundation ❧ [Medium:] Faience ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Green colored composite/faience scarab; bored lengthwise; substantial chips on head and prothorax ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.57cm; H: .69cm; W: 1.14cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15235266
title: Jar Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sachau 85/8; Sachau Pl. 72/8 ? [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ? [Medium:] Clay ? [Script Note:] Phoenician ? [Physical Object Description:] Clay jar fragment, P11386
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15258312
title: Hale is the beauty of Ra (?)

description: [Text Description:] Inscription: wDA nfr ra, flanked by a nb signs. A possible reading: Hale is the beauty of Ra. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the Hearst Foundation ❧ [Medium:] Faience ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Green colored composite/faience scarab; bored lengthwise; legs decorated w/stroke marks; green glaze applied unevenly to scarab ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.61cm; H: .83cm; W: 1.23cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15235106
title: Jar Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sachau 86/1; Sachau Pl. 73/1 ? [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ? [Medium:] Clay ? [Script Note:] Phoenician ? [Physical Object Description:] Clay jar fragment, P11391
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15258158
title: Ramesses IV

description: [Text Description:] Inscription: the goddess Maat is holding a scepter of power; dress decorated. Above her is the sun disk. Reading: HqA-mAat-ra, the throne name for Ramessess IV ❧ [Excavation Description:] Gifted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Ruth Greenberg ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Steatite Scarab w/dark green glaze - colorized in modern times; bored lengthwise; legs are deeply incised; chips on head and right lower section of back ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.62cm; H: .75cm; W: 1.24cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15235102
title: Jar Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sachau 86/4; Sachau Pl. 73/4 ? [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ? [Medium:] Clay ? [Script Note:] Phoenician ? [Physical Object Description:] Clay jar fragment, P11405/17809
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto800955
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-ouc15235092
title: Jar Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sachau 85/9; Sachau Pl. 72/9 ? [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ? [Medium:] Clay ? [Script Note:] Phoenician ? [Physical Object Description:] Clay jar fragment, P11437
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15235103
title: Loan of Silver

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD B3.1; Cowley 10; Sachau Pl. 28,29; Sachau Pap 28; Ungnad 30 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus, P13491
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15235080
title: Jar Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sachau 86/9; Sachau Pl. 73/9 ? [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ? [Medium:] Clay ? [Script Note:] Phoenician ? [Physical Object Description:] Clay jar fragment, P11434
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15235097
title: Obligation to Deliver Grain

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD B4.4; Cowley 2; Sachau Pl. 25,26; Sachau Pap 25; Ungnad 27 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus, P13493
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272139
title: Receipt

description: [Text Description:] A receipt for wine ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 8, Reisner 8 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragment of bowl
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15235077
title: Obligation to Deliver Grain

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD B4.4; Cowley 2; Sachau Pl. 25,26; Sachau Pap 25; Ungnad 27 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus, P13493
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272135
title: Tell el-Mazar Ostracon VII

description: [Text Description:] Fragmentary - perhaps a list of personal names ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 147 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Area M, Sq. a2, Loc. 6, Strat. I/II. From mixed deposit of Stratum I & II. Stratum I is Early Hellenistic, Stratum II is 5th cent. BCE. Loc. 6 is a broken silo with mixed Early Hell. & Persian sherds. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, max. length 8.8 cm., max. width 14.2 cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto800949
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-ouc15234988
title: Jar Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sachau 85/14; Sachau Pl. 72/14 ? [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ? [Medium:] Clay ? [Script Note:] Phoenician ? [Physical Object Description:] Clay jar fragment, P11452
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272127
title: Receipt

description: [Text Description:] A receipt for oil ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 17a, Reisner 17a ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragment of large jar of gray ware
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272129
title: Receipt

description: [Text Description:] A receipt from Helek ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 24, Reisner 24 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Five fragments from bowl of pinkish ware
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto800939
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-ouc15272121
title: Heshbon Ostracon

description: [Text Description:] Fragmentary inscription ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon. Approx. 9.6 cm. ❧ 6.7 cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15234972
title: Recommendation for Reconstruction of Temple

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD A4.9; Cowley 32; Sachau Pl. 4; Sachau Pap 3; Ungnad 3 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus, P13497
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272115
title: Tell el-Mazar Ostracon III

description: [Text Description:] Letter or receipt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 144 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Area L, Square h3, Locus 6, Stratum III, Floor 101. Found on the floor of a building complex of Stratum III. Building totally destroyed by fire. Complex dates to early 6th cent. BCE. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, max. length 5.8 cm., max. width 7.7 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Text on both sides of the ostracon, but the inside face was exposed to the heat of the fire and this side's writing is hardly visible.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15234980
title: Testamentary Manumission

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD B3.6; Kraeling 5 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found by farmers in tell on island of Elephantine; acquired by Charles Edwin Wilbour in 1893 ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus, BM 47.218.90
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272112
title: Receipt

description: [Text Description:] A receipt for wine ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 6, Reisner 6, KAI 185 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragment of bowl; Duplicate of Ostracon 4; ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Reisner mislabels the drawing as Ostracon 7.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto800937
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-ouc1sto801779
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