cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256394
title: Glyptic scarab seal

description: [Text Description:] Upper ¿ a couchant sphinx w/sun disk on back. Lower ¿ a figure of the Nile god Hapi (Hpj) with ❧ papyrus plants on his head and ❧ water vessel in his hands. ❧ nfr sign (good/lord) is next to vessel. ❧ [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 ❧ no glaze ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.60cm; H: .75cm; W: 1.14cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245163
title: Copper Scroll

description: [Text Description:] ❧ list of buried treasure ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 3Q15 Copper Scroll ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during survey of cliffs at Qumran in March 1952 by Roland de Vaux and William Reed. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 23 oxydized copper half-cylinder segments with incised letters
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256391
title: Glyptic scarab seal

description: [Text Description:] Upper ❧ is ❧ c-spiral floral motif under which is ❧ �t� glyph. Below ❧ a c-spiral design modified by two papyri plants. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the Hearst Foundation ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Steatite w/green glaze ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.48cm; H: .58cm; W: 1.07cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245168
title: Words of Moses

description: [Text Description:] Words of Moses to the children of Israel ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 1Q22 DM ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in Cave 1 of Qumran during excavations between February 15 and March 5 1949, carried out of Roland de Vaux, G. L. Harding, and the Palestine Archaeological Museum. ❧ [Medium:] Parchment ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 49 parchment fragments with carbon-based ink on one side
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245175
title: Unclassified Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD D4.1 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus, P13461A, frg. 96/15
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256387
title: Protection of Mut and Taweret

description: [Text Description:] Signs for goddess Mut (mwt) and Taweret (tAwrt); protection (sA) sought by the scarab holder/owner ❧ [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/green glaze ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.65cm; H: .73cm; W: 1.17cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256386
title: Glyptic scarab seal

description: [Text Description:] Upper ¿ a couchant sphinx w/sun disk on back. Lower ¿ a figure of the Nile god Hapi (Hpj) with ❧ papyrus plants on his head and ❧ water vessel in his hands. ❧ nfr sign (good/lord) is next to vessel. ❧ [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 ❧ no glaze ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.60cm; H: .75cm; W: 1.14cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801061
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-ouc15256879
title: Ramesses VI

description: [Text Description:] Inscription difficult to read. Possible attempt to render both nomen and prenomen of Ramesses VI. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Gifted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Ruth Greenberg ❧ [Medium:] Faience ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Composite/faience scarab w/dark green glaze; bored lengthwise ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.92cm; H: .99cm; W: 1.41cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15239307
title: Fragmentary Letter re Silver

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD D7.27 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, P17800=12800
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801528
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-ouc15239510
title: List Accounts Fragment Palimpsest

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD D6.1 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavation of tell on island of Elephantine, beginning 20th c. by Berlin Museums and Paris Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ❧ [Medium:] Parchment ❧ [Script Note:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Parchment, P13443
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801527
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-ouc15239308
title: Instructions re Salt and Sabbath

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD D7.28 ❧ [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:] Aramaic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Ostracon, P17818
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256872
title: Amenhotep I, imn-http

description: [Text Description:] The inscription could be for Amenhotep I, II, III or IV. Is difficult to determine w/o epithets. ❧ [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/green glaze - colorized in modern times; bored lengthwise; decoration marks on 'mn' and 'H' glyph ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.75cm; H: .82cm; W: 1.29cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15239299
title: Unclassified Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD D4.12 ❧ [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, P13461B, frg. 96/31
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256867
title: Glyptic scarab seal

description: [Text Description:] A king headed griffin or scropion is depicted on this scarab's base accompanied by a nfr sign. ❧ [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 ❧ no glaze ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.75cm; H: .89cm; W: 1.30cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256870
title: Amun-Ra is the power of the Lonely One, jmn-ra xpS n wa

description: [Text Description:] Inscription: imn-ra xpS n wa, Amun-Ra is the power of the lonely one ❧ [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/green glaze; bored lengthwise; wear on rim of base, prothorax and head ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.67cm; H: .69cm; W: 1.21cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256796
title: Neferhotep, great god, born of the royal mother Kemi

description: [Text Description:] Above is nTr nfr (good god), across is msj n nsw mwt Kmj (born of the royal mother Kemi), inside is nfr-Htp, the kings name ❧ [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; undercooked and soft where inscribed which may indicate questionable authenticity; bored lengthwise ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 2.46cm; H: 1.14cm; W: 1.68cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256866
title: Monthemsaf, King of Upper and Lower Egypt

description: [Text Description:] n-sw bjt (King of Upper and Lower Egypt) on upper portion; king's name Dd-anx-[ra] is below and all is written over nb (lord) sign ❧ [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/brown glaze evident on engraving ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.41cm; H: .57cm: W: 1.0cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256794
title: Glyptic scarab seal

description: [Text Description:] Falcon-headed king figure with bow and quiver. The power of the king as hunter/warrior is transferred to scarab owner. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Gifted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Ruth Greenberg ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Steatite ❧ dark; bored lenghtwise ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.68cm; H: .66cm; W: 1.20cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256862
title: Glyptic scarab seal

description: [Text Description:] Upper ¿ a couchant sphinx w/sun disk on back. Lower ¿ a figure of the Nile god Hapi (Hpj) with ❧ papyrus plants on his head and ❧ water vessel in his hands. ❧ nfr sign (good/lord) is next to vessel. ❧ [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 ❧ no glaze ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.60cm; H: .75cm; W: 1.14cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256791
title: Har, Royal Seal Bearer and Overseer of the Seals

description: [Text Description:] On base, the name Har; Next comes sDAwtj bjtj (royal seal bearer) and below is jmj-ra sDAwt (overseer of seals) ❧ [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/ brown glaze evident on engraving; evidence of wear on middle back; bored lengthwise
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256800
title: Har, Royal Seal Bearer and Overseer of the Seals

description: [Text Description:] On base, the name Har; Next comes sDAwtj bjtj (royal seal bearer) and below is jmj-ra sDAwt (overseer of seals) ❧ [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/ brown glaze evident on engraving; evidence of wear on middle back; bored lengthwise
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256782
title: Protection Scarab

description: [Text Description:] Possible interpretation: (Upper register) The 2 eyes of Horus are given unity; in cartouche, a personal name?, Udjat-neferwy ❧ [Excavation Description:] Gifted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Ruth Greenberg ❧ [Medium:] Faience ❧ [Script Note:] Hieroglyphs ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Composite/Faience Scarab w/ green glaze; bored lengthwise, glaze on the base inscription makes an impression difficult to read ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 2.21cm; H: 1.04cm; W: 1.66cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256798
title: Perimwat, Overseer of the Seals

description: [Text Description:] The base reads from top to bottom: jmj-ra sDAwt (0verseer of the Seals), prj-m-wAHt. ❧ [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 ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.75cm; H: .77cm; W: 1.24cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15256783
title: Perimwat, Overseer of the Seals

description: [Text Description:] The base reads from top to bottom: jmj-ra sDAwt (0verseer of the Seals), prj-m-wAHt. ❧ [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 ❧ [Physical Object Note:] L: 1.75cm; H: .77cm; W: 1.24cm
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245177
title: Copper Scroll

description: [Text Description:] ❧ list of buried treasure ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 3Q15 Copper Scroll ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during survey of cliffs at Qumran in March 1952 by Roland de Vaux and William Reed. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 23 oxydized copper half-cylinder segments with incised letters
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245136
title: Genesis Apocryphon ar

description: [Text Description:] Reworking of Genesis stories in Aramaic ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 1Q20 apGen ar, 1QapGen ar ❧ [Excavation Description:] Scroll, 22 cols. purch 1954 from Mar Athanasius Samuel for Yigael Yadin for State of Israel; ❧ frgs found Cave ❧ Qumran between Feb 15 and Mar ❧ 1949, by Roland de Vaux, G. L. Harding, and the Palestine Arch. Museum ❧ [Medium:] Parchment ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 22 columns of parchment with carbon-based ink on one side; ❧ parchment fragments with carbon-based ink on one side ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 22 columns (1-22) are located in Jerusalem; ❧ fragments are located in Amman, Jordan (col. 0)
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245158
title: Unclassified Fragment

description: [Text or Publication Number Note:] TAD D5.31 ❧ [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, P13445E, frg. 96/65
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245117
title: Copper Scroll

description: [Text Description:] ❧ list of buried treasure ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 3Q15 Copper Scroll ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during survey of cliffs at Qumran in March 1952 by Roland de Vaux and William Reed. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 23 oxydized copper half-cylinder segments with incised letters
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245159
title: Copper Scroll

description: [Text Description:] ❧ list of buried treasure ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 3Q15 Copper Scroll ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during survey of cliffs at Qumran in March 1952 by Roland de Vaux and William Reed. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 23 oxydized copper half-cylinder segments with incised letters
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245116
title: Genesis Apocryphon ar

description: [Text Description:] Reworking of Genesis stories in Aramaic ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 1Q20 apGen ar, 1QapGen ar ❧ [Excavation Description:] Scroll, 22 cols. purch 1954 from Mar Athanasius Samuel for Yigael Yadin for State of Israel; ❧ frgs found Cave ❧ Qumran between Feb 15 and Mar ❧ 1949, by Roland de Vaux, G. L. Harding, and the Palestine Arch. Museum ❧ [Medium:] Parchment ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 22 columns of parchment with carbon-based ink on one side; ❧ parchment fragments with carbon-based ink on one side ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 22 columns (1-22) are located in Jerusalem; ❧ fragments are located in Amman, Jordan (col. 0)
DOI: 10.15468/dl.wgrrh7
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 3371 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Agkistrodon laticinctus",
 "HasCoordinate is TRUE"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 3371 records from 21 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0028594-251025141854904/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245153
title: Copper Scroll

description: [Text Description:] ❧ list of buried treasure ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 3Q15 Copper Scroll ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during survey of cliffs at Qumran in March 1952 by Roland de Vaux and William Reed. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 23 oxydized copper half-cylinder segments with incised letters
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15244955
title: Copper Scroll

description: [Text Description:] ❧ list of buried treasure ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 3Q15 Copper Scroll ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during survey of cliffs at Qumran in March 1952 by Roland de Vaux and William Reed. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 23 oxydized copper half-cylinder segments with incised letters
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15245148
title: Copper Scroll

description: [Text Description:] ❧ list of buried treasure ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 3Q15 Copper Scroll ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during survey of cliffs at Qumran in March 1952 by Roland de Vaux and William Reed. ❧ [Medium:] Metal ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] 23 oxydized copper half-cylinder segments with incised letters
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15244954
title: Testamonia

description: [Text Description:] Quotations from the Bible on the theme of a prophet ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] 4Q175 Test ❧ [Excavation Description:] Cave 4 fragments purchased from Bedouin 1952; additional Cave 4 fragments found during excavation by Roland de Vaux and G. L. Harding September 1952. ❧ [Medium:] Parchment ❧ [Script Note:] Jewish ❧ [Physical Object Description:] One large piece of parchment, lower right corner missing, writing in carbon-based ink on one side
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto801050
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