cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15300550
title: Baal Myth Third Tablet

description: [Text Description:] Intercession by Anat for palace for Baal from El ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 1.3; CTA 3; CAT 1.3; KTU2 1.3; CTU 1.3; RS 3.363; RS 2.[014] ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavations at Ras Shamra 1930. Found in Library of the High Priest, p. t. 210-264, Acropolis, excavated by Claude F.-A. Schaeffer, Mission Archeologique Francaise. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet, 2 fragments, 13.2 cm. X 16.2 cm. and 4.8 cm. X 3.8 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Ocher clay, six columns, incomplete
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc1sto803043
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-ouc15295064
title: Aqhat Legend, KTU 1.18

description: [Text Description:] Story recounting the birth and death of Dan'el's son Aqhat. ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 1.18; CTA 18; RS 3.340; CAT 1.18; KTU2 1.18; CTU 1.18 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in French excavations in 1930-1931 under C. Schaeffer ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet 11.5 cm x 7 cm, left part; four columns, two on each side; only columns I and IV have been preserved
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15300544
title: Baal Myth Second Tablet

description: [Text Description:] Kothar instructed by El to build palace for Yam ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 1.2; CTA 2; CAT 1.2; KTU2 1.2; CTU 1.2; RS 3.367; RS 3.346 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavations at Ras Shamra 1931. Found in Library of the High Priest, p. t. 203, Acropolis, excavated by Claude F.-A. Schaeffer, Mission Archeologique Francaise. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet, 2 fragments, 12.2 cm. X 9.9 cm., 6.1 cm. X 7.1 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Beige clay, four columns, incomplete
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15295061
title: Aqhat Legend, KTU 1.18

description: [Text Description:] Story recounting the birth and death of Dan'el's son Aqhat. ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 1.18; CTA 18; RS 3.340; CAT 1.18; KTU2 1.18; CTU 1.18 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in French excavations in 1930-1931 under C. Schaeffer ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet 11.5 cm x 7 cm, left part; four columns, two on each side; only columns I and IV have been preserved
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15300533
title: Baal Myth Fourth Tablet

description: [Text Description:] Anat and Baal approach Athirat, Athirat approaches El, El agrees ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 1.4; CTA 4; CAT 1.4; KTU2 1.4; CTU 1.4; RS 3.341; RS 3.347; RS 2.[008] ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavations at Ras Shamra 1930. Found in Library of the High Priest, p. t. 210-264, Acropolis, excavated by Claude F.-A. Schaeffer, Mission Archeologique Francaise. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet, 26 cm. X 22.2 cm., 6 fragments ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Ocher clay, eight columns, incomplete
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15300516
title: Baal Myth Third Tablet

description: [Text Description:] Intercession by Anat for palace for Baal from El ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 1.3; CTA 3; CAT 1.3; KTU2 1.3; CTU 1.3; RS 3.363; RS 2.[014] ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavations at Ras Shamra 1930. Found in Library of the High Priest, p. t. 210-264, Acropolis, excavated by Claude F.-A. Schaeffer, Mission Archeologique Francaise. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet, 2 fragments, 13.2 cm. X 16.2 cm. and 4.8 cm. X 3.8 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Ocher clay, six columns, incomplete
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15296942
title: Manichean Synaxeis Codex

description: [Text Description:] A series of of homilies which reflect the structure and contents of the lost Living Gospel of Mani, with other unidentified text ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Chester Beatty B; Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15995 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages, scarcely legible ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Includes unconserved remainder of book block ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 31 leaves make up P15995; 13 leaves are now in Copenhagen; 125 extant leaves in Berlin ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division Description:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division:] Miscellaneous ❧ [Text Division Description:] Miscellaneous
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15299732
title: Manichean Letters

description: [Text Description:] Contents not yet clear, as much of the text has been lost ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15998 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Six leaves in Berlin, three in Warsaw, 15 half-conserved in Ibscher home through the war that may be part of the codex.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15296936
title: Manichean Synaxeis Codex

description: [Text Description:] A series of of homilies which reflect the structure and contents of the lost Living Gospel of Mani, with other unidentified text ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Chester Beatty B; Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15995 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages, scarcely legible ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Includes unconserved remainder of book block ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 31 leaves make up P15995; 13 leaves are now in Copenhagen; 125 extant leaves in Berlin ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division Description:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division:] Miscellaneous ❧ [Text Division Description:] Miscellaneous
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15296924
title: Manichean Synaxeis Codex

description: [Text Description:] A series of of homilies which reflect the structure and contents of the lost Living Gospel of Mani, with other unidentified text ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Chester Beatty B; Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15995 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages, scarcely legible ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Includes unconserved remainder of book block ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 31 leaves make up P15995; 13 leaves are now in Copenhagen; 125 extant leaves in Berlin ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division Description:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division:] Miscellaneous ❧ [Text Division Description:] Miscellaneous
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15299730
title: Manichean Letters

description: [Text Description:] Contents not yet clear, as much of the text has been lost ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15998 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Six leaves in Berlin, three in Warsaw, 15 half-conserved in Ibscher home through the war that may be part of the codex.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15296918
title: Manichean Synaxeis Codex

description: [Text Description:] A series of of homilies which reflect the structure and contents of the lost Living Gospel of Mani, with other unidentified text ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Chester Beatty B; Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15995 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages, scarcely legible ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Includes unconserved remainder of book block ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 31 leaves make up P15995; 13 leaves are now in Copenhagen; 125 extant leaves in Berlin ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division Description:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division:] Miscellaneous ❧ [Text Division Description:] Miscellaneous
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15299729
title: Manichean Acts

description: [Text Description:] Contents not yet clear, as much of the text has been lost ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15997 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages ❧ [Physical Object Note:] One leaf in Dublin, 7 or 8 in Berlin, part of one perhaps in Warsaw
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15299727
title: Baal Myth First Tablet

description: [Text Description:] Declaration of Yam's royal status and his coronation, complaint of Baal ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KTU 1.1; CTA 1; CAT 1.1; KTU2 1.1; CTU 1.1; RS 3.361 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavations at Ras Shamra 1931. Found in Library of the High Priest, p. t. 336, Acropolis, excavated by Claude F.-A. Schaeffer, Mission Archeologique Francaise. ❧ [Medium:] Clay ❧ [Script Note:] Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Clay tablet, 8 cm. X 6 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Beige clay, six columns, incomplete
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15296910
title: Manichean Synaxeis Codex

description: [Text Description:] A series of of homilies which reflect the structure and contents of the lost Living Gospel of Mani, with other unidentified text ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Chester Beatty B; Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15995 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages, scarcely legible ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Includes unconserved remainder of book block ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 31 leaves make up P15995; 13 leaves are now in Copenhagen; 125 extant leaves in Berlin ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 1-20 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 21-40 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 41-60 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 61-80 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 81-100 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 101-120 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 121-140 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 141-160 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 161-180 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 181-200 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 201-220 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 221-240 ❧ [Text Division:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division Description:] Pages 241-250 ❧ [Text Division:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division Description:] P15995 ❧ [Text Division:] Miscellaneous ❧ [Text Division Description:] Miscellaneous
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276847
title: Seal of Akbori son of Amatza

description: [Text Description:] (Belonging) to 'Akbori son of 'Amatza' ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Aufrecht 112 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Acquired in July 1972 by the Jordanian Dept. of Antiquities from an inhabitant of the area of Deir 'Alla who said that the seal had been found on the Tell. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Ammonite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Milky white alabaster perforated scaraboid stamp, 17 x 21 x 11 mm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15299726
title: Manichean Letters

description: [Text Description:] Contents not yet clear, as much of the text has been lost ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] Berlin Papyrus Collection, P15998 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in illicit excavation in 1929 in the desert in the ruins of Terenouthis near Medinet Madi at the southern end of the Fayyum ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Coptic ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus codex, unattached pages ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Six leaves in Berlin, three in Warsaw, 15 half-conserved in Ibscher home through the war that may be part of the codex.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276658
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-ouc15276838
title: Chytroi fragment

description: [Text Description:] Fragmentary inscription of four lines on stone, perhaps from a sarcophagus. ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavated in 1908 in the territory of Chytroi at the site of Skali. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary inscription of four lines on stone, perhaps from a sarcophagus. 17 x 15.7 x 7.7 cm.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276657
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-ouc15276834
title: Dedication to Ashtarte

description: [Text Description:] Fragmentary limestone inscription of ❧ lines. Inscription is ❧ dedication by ❧ woman of ❧ lock of hair to "Ashtarte of Paphos." ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found in 1908 by the Muktar of Kouklia near the ruins of the church Ayia Phaneromeni. In the vicinity ❧ Greek inscription to Aphrodite was also found. ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Phoenician ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Fragmentary limestone inscription of ❧ lines, 16.5 ❧ 24 ❧ 12 cm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Inscr. Ph. 8
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc15276826
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-ouc1sto802155
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