cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802049
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-ouc15236776
title: Collection Account

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C3.15; Cowley 22; Sachau Pl. 17-20; Sachau Pap 18; Ungnad 19 ❧ [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, P13488A; P13488; 23101; 96/64,96/76
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274989
title: Receipt?

description: [Text Description:] Unknown ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 81, Kaufman 81 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Largely illegible
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15236771
title: Ahiqar, TAD C1.1, The Words of Ahikar, Achikar

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C1.1; Sachau Pl. 40-43,45-50; Sachau Pap 49-52,54-59; 64/23,28; Ungnad ❧ [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, P13446A-H,K-L; P13461D, frgs. 13445C/23,28 ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.7 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division Description:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 9-10 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 9-10
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274984
title: Kheleifeh Ostracon 10,007

description: [Excavation Description:] Discovered in 1938 at Tell Kheleifeh by Nelson Glueck ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Edomite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay sherd
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15236764
title: Ahiqar, TAD C1.1, The Words of Ahikar, Achikar

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C1.1; Sachau Pl. 40-43,45-50; Sachau Pap 49-52,54-59; 64/23,28; Ungnad ❧ [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, P13446A-H,K-L; P13461D, frgs. 13445C/23,28 ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.7 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division Description:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 9-10 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 9-10
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274988
title: Receipt?

description: [Text Description:] Unknown ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 106, Kaufman 106 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragment
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15236657
title: Ahiqar, TAD C1.1, The Words of Ahikar, Achikar

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C1.1; Sachau Pl. 40-43,45-50; Sachau Pap 49-52,54-59; 64/23,28; Ungnad ❧ [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, P13446A-H,K-L; P13461D, frgs. 13445C/23,28 ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.7 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division Description:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 9-10 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 9-10
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274987
title: Kheleifeh Seal Impression #215

description: [Text Description:] Seal impression, lqws`nl `bd hmlk ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Avigad and Sass 1051H ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered at Tell Kheleifeh by Nelson Glueck ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Edomite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Seal impression on jug handle, at base ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Five of eight impressions of same seal
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15236654
title: Ahiqar, TAD C1.1, The Words of Ahikar, Achikar

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C1.1; Sachau Pl. 40-43,45-50; Sachau Pap 49-52,54-59; 64/23,28; Ungnad ❧ [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, P13446A-H,K-L; P13461D, frgs. 13445C/23,28 ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.7 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division Description:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 9-10 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 9-10
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274985
title: Receipt

description: [Text Description:] A receipt for wine ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 89, Kaufman 89 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15236622
title: Ahiqar, TAD C1.1, The Words of Ahikar, Achikar

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C1.1; Sachau Pl. 40-43,45-50; Sachau Pap 49-52,54-59; 64/23,28; Ungnad ❧ [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, P13446A-H,K-L; P13461D, frgs. 13445C/23,28 ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.7 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 1 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 4-5 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 6 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 11 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column 14 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 2 ❧ [Text Division:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Erased Column 3 ❧ [Text Division:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division Description:] Fragments ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 7-8 ❧ [Text Division:] Columns 9-10 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Columns 9-10
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274971
title: Receipt

description: [Text Description:] A receipt from ha-Tell ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 99, Kaufman 99 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Largely illegible
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15236621
title: Collection Account

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C3.15; Cowley 22; Sachau Pl. 17-20; Sachau Pap 18; Ungnad 19 ❧ [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, P13488A; P13488; 23101; 96/64,96/76
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274969
title: Receipt

description: [Text Description:] Unknown ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 100, Kaufman 100 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272843
title: Receipt?

description: [Text Description:] Unknown ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Samaria Ostracon 81, Kaufman 81 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of Samaria 1908-1910 by Harvard University expedition ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Largely illegible
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274840
title: Kheleifeh Seal Impression #241

description: [Text Description:] Seal impression, lqws`nl `bd hmlk ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Avigad and Sass 1051I ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered at Tell Kheleifeh by Nelson Glueck ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Edomite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Seal impression on jug handle ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Six of eight impressions of same seal
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801876
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-ouc15236614
title: Bisitun Inscription, TAD C2.1, The Behistun Inscription, Darius-Inschrift von Behistun

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C2.1; Sachau Pl. 52, 54-57; Sachau Pap 61, 62; Ungnad 65-68D ❧ [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:] Fragmente zu Papyrus, P13447 96/91,96/93,13445C/19;13461/5 recto; P13447 cols. I recto,verso,II recto, verso, III-IV recto, V right ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column XI ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column XI ❧ [Text Division:] Column I ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column I ❧ [Text Division:] Column III ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column III ❧ [Text Division:] Column IV ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column IV ❧ [Text Division:] Column V ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column V ❧ [Text Division:] Column VII ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column VII ❧ [Text Division:] Column VIII ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column VIII
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272832
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-ouc15236557
title: Collection Account

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C3.15; Cowley 22; Sachau Pl. 17-20; Sachau Pap 18; Ungnad 19 ❧ [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, P13488A; P13488; 23101; 96/64,96/76
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272819
title: Tell el-Mazar Ostracon V

description: [Text Description:] Legible inscription ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 146 ❧ [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 6 cm., max. width 8.3 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Black or dark gray due to fire.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15236542
title: Bisitun Inscription, TAD C2.1, The Behistun Inscription, Darius-Inschrift von Behistun

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C2.1; Sachau Pl. 52, 54-57; Sachau Pap 61, 62; Ungnad 65-68D ❧ [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:] Fragmente zu Papyrus, P13447 96/91,96/93,13445C/19;13461/5 recto; P13447 cols. I recto,verso,II recto, verso, III-IV recto, V right ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column XI ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column XI ❧ [Text Division:] Column I ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column I ❧ [Text Division:] Column III ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column III ❧ [Text Division:] Column IV ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column IV ❧ [Text Division:] Column V ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column V ❧ [Text Division:] Column VII ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column VII ❧ [Text Division:] Column VIII ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column VIII
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15272814
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-ouc15236532
title: Bisitun Inscription, TAD C2.1, The Behistun Inscription, Darius-Inschrift von Behistun

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD C2.1; Sachau Pl. 52, 54-57; Sachau Pap 61, 62; Ungnad 65-68D ❧ [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:] Fragmente zu Papyrus, P13447 96/91,96/93,13445C/19;13461/5 recto; P13447 cols. I recto,verso,II recto, verso, III-IV recto, V right ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Overtext on columns relating to TAD C3.13 ❧ [Text Division:] Column XI ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column XI ❧ [Text Division:] Column I ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column I ❧ [Text Division:] Column III ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column III ❧ [Text Division:] Column IV ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column IV ❧ [Text Division:] Column V ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column V ❧ [Text Division:] Column VII ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column VII ❧ [Text Division:] Column VIII ❧ [Text Division Description:] Column VIII
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17588650
title: Up to you and up to them - data from the manuscript/paper

description: This SPSS dataset contains the data we used for a manuscript entitled  "Up to you and up to them. Achievement and power motives as building blocks of leadership potential and overall reputation".
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17588651
title: Up to you and up to them - data from the manuscript/paper

description: This SPSS dataset contains the data we used for a manuscript entitled  "Up to you and up to them. Achievement and power motives as building blocks of leadership potential and overall reputation".
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15269331
title: Azarbaal Spatula, KAI 3

description: [Text Description:] Message to person named Azarbaal, in Phoenician and Pseudo-Hieroglyphic writing ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 3; Gibson 3, II.1 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found 1930 in Byblos by Maurice Dunand ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician and Pseudo-Hieroglyphic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Bronze triangular spatula measuring 96 x 96 x 56 mm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto800969
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-ouc15269329
title: Marzeah Text

description: [Text Description:] Contract or statement of agreement relating to establishment of ❧ MRZH ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 3.9, KTU2 3.9, CAT 3.9, CTU 3.9, RS [Varia 14], RS 1957.702 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Probably taken from Ras Shamra illegally in 1957, sold to Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate School, 1970 ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet 10.3 cm x 8.5 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15259846
title: Mandaic Lead Scroll

description: [Text Description:] Mandaic Lead Scroll, Amulet ❧ [Excavation Description:] unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Mandaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Lead scroll, 5.5 cm wide