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Getty Research Institute Study Photographs of Ancient Inscriptions
76.P.4  
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  • Processing History
  • Publication Rights
  • Other Finding Aids
  • Access
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Biographical/Historical Note
  • Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections
    Title: Study photographs of ancient inscriptions
    Creator: Rheinisches Bildarchiv
    Creator: Sigismondi, Roberto
    Creator: Giuliano, Antonio
    Creator: Bini, Barbara
    Creator: Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
    Creator: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
    Creator: Getty Research Institute
    Creator: Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
    Creator: Koch, Guntram
    Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.4
    Physical Description: 5.2 Linear Feet (25 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1900s
    Abstract: A collection of photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of ancient inscriptions, predominently Greek and Roman, with Athenian inscriptions constituting the largest portion of the collection.
    Language of Material: English .

    Processing History

    Finding aid created in 2009.

    Publication Rights

    Photographs and permission to publish must be obtained from copyright holder(s). For further information, contact Library Reproductions and Permissions .

    Other Finding Aids

    The Photo Archive Database  includes photograph level access to approximately 55% of the photographs in this collection.

    Access

    Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the Guide to the Photo Archive and Database .

    Scope and Content of Collection

    An assembled collection of photographs of ancient inscriptions, predominently Greek and Roman, with Athenian inscriptions constituting the largest portion of the collection. The majority of these modern prints were acquired from the American School of Classical Studies in Athens; sources for the remainder include commercial vendors such as Alinari, Photographie Giraudon, Barbara Bini, Guntram Koch, the Antonio Giuliano collection in the Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (Rome), and Roberto Sigismondi; the two major sources for prints of inscriptions from the western part of the Roman Empire are the Bildarchiv Foto Marburg and the Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln. The collection also contains a few images transferred from the repository's Giovanni Becatti archive.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections.

    Arrangement

    Arranged by language/culture, then by medium, then by catalog number or location.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Inscriptions, Greek -- Greece -- Athens
    Inscriptions, Latin
    Photographic prints
    Inscriptions, Ancient
    Inscriptions, Greek
    Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections