cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802082
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-ouc15290037
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276345
title: Seal with Worshipper, Priest and Deities

description: [Text Description:] Worshipper, priest and deities including Nergal?, sun god, Old Babylonian inscription ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] TBL 31 ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Non-alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Cylinder seal, black haematite, 2.3 cm high, 1.2 cm diameter
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15290035
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276336
title: Umm Udheina bowl

description: [Text Description:] Inscription under the rim of the bowl: "(Belonging) to 'LSMR, s[on] of 'L[Y]zn" ❧ [Excavation Description:] Tomb found by Ahamad Rabi when digging the foundations of his house in W. district of Amman (parcel #1608). Excavated by Dept. of Antiquities, Jordan Aug 21-Sept 11, 1982. Supervised by Haddad, et al. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Bronze bowl, 22.2 cm. in diameter. Inscription under the rim of the bowl.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15290030
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276317
title: Umm Udheina bowl

description: [Text Description:] Inscription under the rim of the bowl: "(Belonging) to 'LSMR, s[on] of 'L[Y]zn" ❧ [Excavation Description:] Tomb found by Ahamad Rabi when digging the foundations of his house in W. district of Amman (parcel #1608). Excavated by Dept. of Antiquities, Jordan Aug 21-Sept 11, 1982. Supervised by Haddad, et al. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Bronze bowl, 22.2 cm. in diameter. Inscription under the rim of the bowl.
DOI: 10.34740/kaggle/dsv/13702898
title: World Weather Repository ( Daily Updating )
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278972
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-ouc15290025
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278965
title: Account of Ur-Dumuzi

description: [Text Description:] Silver balanced account of the merchant Ur-Dumuzi ❧ [Excavation Description:] From Umma ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform Texts ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Cuneiform tablet of reddish clay, 15.2 x 10.2 cm., with 6 columns of well preserved and elegantly inscribed text.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15290020
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264192
title: Ostracon 8

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 8 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 6.6 cm x 7.3 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278963
title: Kition Ostracon #3836

description: [Text Description:] Fragment of a large vase of Canaanite White Wheelmade Ware with 7 lines of writing painted with ink after firing. Text is fragmentary on top and right of sherd but is clearly a list of names. ❧ [Excavation Description:] 1974 excavations at Kition. Found in square [omega]-14 at a depth of 1.2 cm. Corresponds to floor 2. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragment of a large vase with 7 lines of writing painted with ink after firing. Text is fragmentary on top and right of sherd. Sherd measures 11cm high x 7 cm. wide.Vase is Canaanite White Wheelmade Ware with a base diameter of 7.2cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264180
title: Ostracon 7

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 7 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 5 sided shape, 7.67 cm x 5.55 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278960
title: Mathematical Problem Text 4669

description: [Text Description:] Mathematical problem text in Sumerian and Akkadian ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced; possibly from Kish. Probably acquired between 1911-1919. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Cuneiform tablet
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264176
title: Ostracon 11

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 11 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 6.5 cm x 4.8 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278708
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-ouc15264179
title: Ostracon 12

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 12 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 5.45 cm x 5.45 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286650
title: An enormity, EA 123

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 123; Knudtzon (1915), no. 123; BB 20 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 3.6 in. X 2.75 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264177
title: Ostracon 26

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 26 ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Lemaire Hebrew 21 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 6.0 cm x 3.5 cm (average length and width), four-sided
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286641
title: Study in Contrasts

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 125; Knudtzon (1915), no. 125; BB 19 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 4.5 in. X 2.9 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264171
title: Ostracon 11

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 11 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 6.5 cm x 4.8 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286634
title: Women for the King

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Abdi-Ashtarti to king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 64; Knudtzon (1915), no. 64; BB 33 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 3.4 in. X 2.6 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264168
title: Ostracon 11

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 11 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 6.5 cm x 4.8 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286631
title: An enormity, EA 123

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 123; Knudtzon (1915), no. 123; BB 20 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 3.6 in. X 2.75 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264161
title: Ostracon 4

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 4 ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Lemaire Aramaic 8 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 9.0 cm x 11.7 cm (average length and width) rectangle, missing corner
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286627
title: Study in Contrasts

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 125; Knudtzon (1915), no. 125; BB 19 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 4.5 in. X 2.9 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264160
title: Ostracon 8

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 8 ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Lemaire Aramaic 1 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, 5.6 cm x 5.2 cm(average length and width) five-sided
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15290011
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264005
title: Ostracon 2

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 2 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, diagonal break at lower left, 3.85 cm x 4.7 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15290010
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286350
title: Not Like Other Mayors

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 118; Knudtzon (1915), no. 118; BB 25 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.9 in. x 2.5 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] flat on both sides ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Read together with VAT 1662 (Vorderasiatische Teil, der Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15289656
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286339
title: Broken Promises, EA 87

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 87; Knudtzon (1915), no. 87; BB 22 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.25 in. X 2.25 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15289652
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286340
title: Broken Promises, EA 87

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 87; Knudtzon (1915), no. 87; BB 22 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.25 in. X 2.25 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15289638
title: Hadad Statue

description: [Text Description:] Panammu's Dedication to Hadad ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] HNE 440ff., pl. 22; KAI 214; GIbson 2.II.13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered 1892 in excavations of Zinjirli ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary statue (2.85 ❧ H ❧ 2.94 ❧ at bottom) ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscription on base of statue of Hadad
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286346
title: Women for the King

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Abdi-Ashtarti to king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 64; Knudtzon (1915), no. 64; BB 33 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 3.4 in. X 2.6 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278700
title: Mathematical Problem Text 4669

description: [Text Description:] Mathematical problem text in Sumerian and Akkadian ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced; possibly from Kish. Probably acquired between 1911-1919. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Cuneiform tablet
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15286344
title: Neither Water nor Wood

description: [Text Description:] Letter from ruler of Tyre to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 149; Knudtzon (1915), no. 149; BB 28 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 4.375 in. x 2.5 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278693
title: Kition Ostracon #701

description: [Text Description:] Fragmentary inscription of 7 lines pained in black ink, after firing, on the shoulder of a large jar of Canaanite Plain White Wheelmade type. ❧ [Excavation Description:] 1966 excavations at Kition. Found in square I-5 (room 16) at a depth of 1.20m (corresponding to floor 1). ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary inscription of 7 lines pained in black ink, after firing, on the shoulder of a large jar of Canaanite Plain White Wheelmade type. height 10cm. width 8.4cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15285177
title: Empty House

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 102; Knudtzon (1915), no. 102; BB 23 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.9 in.by 2.5 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278684
title: Inscribed bronze obelos from Palaepaphos-Skales

description: [Text Description:] o-pe-le-ta-u ❧ [Excavation Description:] Tomb 49, excavated in Jan., 1979. Obelos found on the left of the stomion leaning against the chamber wall and two other bronze obeloi, ❧ bronze bowls, and ❧ bronze tripod. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Old Paphian, Cypriot Syllabary, Cyprio-Minoan ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Bronze obelos with an inscription of ❧ signs, incised with care. Inscription is 6-8 ❧ 45 mm. and is written left-to-right. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] The five signs are ❧ mixture from the "common" Cypriot Syllabary and "Paphian" Cypriote Syllabary.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15285176
title: Empty House

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 102; Knudtzon (1915), no. 102; BB 23 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.9 in.by 2.5 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278679
title: Fragment of inscribed bowl from Kition

description: [Text Description:] Fragment of a small bowl with black glaze and decoration on interior. 4 letters inscribed after firing read l'bs ❧ [Excavation Description:] Surface find from the excavations at the hill of Batsalos ❧ excavations by J. L. Myers in 1894. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragment of ❧ small bowl with black glaze and decoration on interior. ❧ letters inscribed after firing. 6cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15285173
title: Not Like Other Mayors

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 118; Knudtzon (1915), no. 118; BB 25 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.9 in. x 2.5 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] flat on both sides ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Read together with VAT 1662 (Vorderasiatische Teil, der Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15278675
title: Inscribed Pottery OR 583

description: [Text Description:] Three letter inscription in Cypriot Script ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavated at Idalion in 1995 by Pamela Gaber ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Cypriot Syllabary ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Pottery inscription, two sherds placed together, approx. 10.7 ❧ 10.2 cm, left corner broken off
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15285172
title: An Order for Glass, EA 235

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Sitana of Akko to the king of Egypt, with EA 327 ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 235; Knudtzon (1915), no. 235; BB 32 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.5 in. X 2.5 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Read together with C 4791 (Cairo, Egyptian Museum) and VAT 1882 (Vorderasiatische Teil, der Staatliche Museen, Berlin) (with join = C 12235)
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15264001
title: Ostracon 2

description: [Text Description:] Ostracon 2 ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew or Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, diagonal break at lower left, 3.85 cm x 4.7 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802377
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