cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801985
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-ouc15274732
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-ouc15276629
title: Limestone funerary stele

description: [Text Description:] Seated woman gazing at a bird that she holds in her hand. Greek elements in the expression and style of clothing. Inscription: "I am Aristila of Salamis, daughter of Onasis" ❧ [Excavation Description:] From tombs excavated at Marion. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Cypriot Syllabary ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Cypriot Limestone funerary stele. 92 cm high x 41.6 cm wide x 7.9 cm thick. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Seated woman gazing at a bird that she holds in her left hand. Greek elements in the expression and style of clothing. Created by Cypriot artist.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276627
title: Seal of hmyws' daughter of smt

description: [Text Description:] No border line. Judaean-type lotus-bud field divider. Two inscribed registers: (Belonging) to hmyws, daughter of smt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 117, Avigad & Sass 872 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Tell el-Mazar 77 Area A, Square D6, Grave 33 #206 ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Lapis lazuli scaraboid stamp seal, perforated, hung on a silver band. 15.6 x 9.6 x 12.3 mm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] No border line. Judaean-type lotus-bud field divider. Two inscribed registers.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274736
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-ouc15276620
title: Tell Mazar Seal

description: [Text Description:] Worshipper before deity with divine symbols, sun and moon ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavated at Tell el-Mazar, 6-4-78 Area 6 Square F7 Locus 5 ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Seal, brownish orange, approx. 1.7 x 1.95 cm.; squared sides, rounded top and bottom
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15284078
title: Egyptian Furniture for the Babylonian Palace

description: [Text Description:] Letter from king of Egypt to Kadashman-Enlil of Karduniash ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 5; Knudtzon (1915), no. 5; BB ❧ ? [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 6 in. by 3.625 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] scarab impression on verso ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Read together with ❧ (12195) (Cairo, Egyptian Museum)
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274735
title: Early Cuneiform Tablet

description: [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Roundish clay tablet 3.5 cm by 3.4 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15283851
title: Egyptian Gold and Carpenters

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Burra-Buriyash of Karduniash to king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 10; Knudtzon (1915), no. 10; BB ❧ ? [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 5.125 in. by 2.75 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] convex on both sides
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274725
title: Proto-Sinaitic Inscription 371

description: [Text Description:] A bird and 2 unidentified signs ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sinai 371 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in 1930 in tumulus between Wadi Qatar and Wadi Umm Themaim, 150m SE of Mine K ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Unknown ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Stone plaque, 27 x 18 cm ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Contains engraving of bird and 2 unidenitifed signs
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15283850
title: Egyptian Gold and Carpenters

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Burra-Buriyash of Karduniash to king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 10; Knudtzon (1915), no. 10; BB ❧ ? [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 5.125 in. by 2.75 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] convex on both sides
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274719
title: Kheleifeh Seal Impression #528

description: [Text Description:] Seal impression, lqws`nl `bd hmlk ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Avigad and Sass 1051O ❧ [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:] Seven of eight impressions of same seal
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15283846
title: Yellow-green glass intaglio of mans head

description: [Text Description:] Male head in profile to the left. He has a full beard and mustache, curly hair, projecting chin, and large lidded eye below a sloping brow. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Glass ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Molded transparent yellow-green perforated glass scaraboid, 3.1 x 2.5 cm, depicting the head of a man in profile to the left. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Heavily pitted, with chips to the edges below the chin and along the upper edge. Worn through the perforation in the area of the hair. Shallow chip along seal face in front of forehead and above the head.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15283839
title: Pleas and Threats

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 83; Knudtzon (1915), no. 83; BB 14 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 3.75 in. x 2.75 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801979
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-ouc15274715
title: Proto-Sinaitic Inscription 375a

description: [Text Description:] Proto-Sinaitic Inscription ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sinai 375a ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in 1935 in excavation of Mine M ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Early Alphabetic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Stone plaque (stele?), 17 x 13 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Text may be erased
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801976
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-ouc15274408
title: Head of a Semite

description: [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Figure of head carved in stone
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15284319
title: Loyalty and Its Rewards

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 114; Knudtzon (1915), no. 114; BB 13 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 4.625 in. x 3 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto802367
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-ouc15274401
title: Kheleifeh Ostracon 2071

description: [Text Description:] List of names ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in 1938 at Tell Kheleifeh by Nelson Glueck ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Edomite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon from brownish-buff ware
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15274399
title: Proto-Sinaitic Inscription 349

description: [Text Description:] Proto-Sinaitic Inscription ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Sinai 349 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in 1905 near entrance to Mine L on stones split off from mountainside ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Early Alphabetic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Rock inscription in steliform panel, 32 x 24 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15284102
title: Ambivalent Amurru, EA 73

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 73; Knudtzon (1915), no. 73; BB 15 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 2.75 in. X 2.375 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15284096
title: Glass intaglio of womans head

description: [Text Description:] Woman's head in profile to the left, perhaps Aphrodite, with hair in chignon, wearing elaborate earings and a beaded necklace. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Unprovenanced ❧ [Medium:] Glass ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Molded transparent perforated pale green glass scaraboid, 2.1 ❧ 1.8 cm, depicting ❧ woman's head in profile to the left. Minor pitting.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801969
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-ouc15276615
title: Tell Mazar Seal

description: [Text Description:] Worshipper before deity with divine symbols, sun and moon ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavated at Tell el-Mazar, 6-4-78 Area 6 Square F7 Locus 5 ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Seal, brownish orange, approx. 1.7 x 1.95 cm.; squared sides, rounded top and bottom
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15284094
title: Pleas and Threats

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Rib-Hadda of Byblos to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 83; Knudtzon (1915), no. 83; BB 14 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 3.75 in. x 2.75 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276358
title: Deir 'Alla incised pottery base 2747

description: [Text Description:] sherd from the base of black dish with just the letter 'alef scratched into it after it was fired. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Deir 'Alla. Pit B/A5.87 (phase V). ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite? Moabite? ❧ [Physical Object Description:] ❧ sherd from the base of ❧ black dish with just the letter 'alef scratched into it after it was fired. ❧ cm. in diameter.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15287703
title: An Absence Explained, EA 161

description: [Text Description:] Letter of Aziru of Amurru to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 161; Knudtzon (1915), no. 161; BB 35 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 5.25 in. X 3.25 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276357
title: Kition Bowl

description: [Text Description:] Fragmentary bowl of Phoenician red slip ware. 13 fragments with the remainder of 6 lines of an inscription, inscribed after firing. Text is a description of sacrifice at Temple of Astarte by ML from Tamassos. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found on floor 3 of the courtyard of the great Phoenician Temple at Kition in 1969-square [theta]-8. Corresponds stratigraphically with the first period of the Temple. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary bowl of Phoenician red slip ware. 13 fragments with the remainder of 6 lines of an inscription, inscribed after firing. 5.8 cm. high; restored diameter 25 cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15287700
title: An Absence Explained, EA 161

description: [Text Description:] Letter of Aziru of Amurru to the king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 161; Knudtzon (1915), no. 161; BB 35 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 5.25 in. X 3.25 in.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15287701
title: Plea for Troops

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Akizzi of Qatna to king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 55; Knudtzon (1915), no. 55; BB 36 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 4.25 in. x 3.125 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] made of red clay
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276354
title: Marble head of Aphrodite from Salamis

description: [Text Description:] Pentelic marble head of a young goddess, evidently Aphrodite. No text. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found among the rubble in the South colonnade of the palaestra of the Roman gymnasium at Salamis. Had presumably been built into a wall. Excavated by the Cyprus Dept. Antiquities in 1952. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Pentelic marble head of a young goddess, evidently Aphrodite. 31.2 cm. high. Expression and style has parallels in Greek art of 5th and 4th centuries BCE.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276341
title: Seal with Offering Bearer before God of Sweet Water

description: [Text Description:] Offering bearer before god of sweet waters--Enki or Ea, Akkadian inscription ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] TBL 27 ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Non-alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Cylinder seal, serpentine?, 3.5 cm high, diameter 2.2 cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15287696
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-ouc15287692
title: Servant of Mayati

description: [Text Description:] Letter from Abi-Milku to king of Egypt ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] EA 155; Knudtzon (1915), no. 155; BB 31 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered by locals in 1887 at Tell el-Amarna ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] tablet 4 in. X 2.125 in. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Read together with VAT 1872 (Vorderasiatische Teil, der Staatliche Museen, Berlin)