Finding aid for the study photographs of ancient inscriptions 76.P.4
Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2009
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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
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Processing History
Finding aid created in 2009.
Publication Rights
Other Finding Aids
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Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 55% of the photographs in this collection.
Access
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
Study photographs of ancient inscriptions
box 1
Egyptian, Aegean, Carian, Cypriote, Sabean; all media
Scope and Contents
Includes Egyptian papyri, Phaestos disc, Linear A, Linear B, Carian, the Lemnos Stele, Cypriote and Sabean materials.
box 2
IG I², IG I³ 1-250
Scope and Contents
Includes IG I³ 4, the Hekatompedon inscription, and IG I³ 71, Assessment decree of 425/24.
box 3, box 4
IG I³ 250-300: Stelai of the Athenian Tribute lists
box 5
IG I³ 300-478
Scope and Contents
Includes no. 369 Logistai inscription and nos. 474-478 Erechtheion building accounts.
box 6
IG II², IG III, SEG
Scope and Contents
Includes IG II² 1654 Repairs to the Erechtheion, IG II² 1706 Archon list, IG II² 1951 Naval Catalog.
box 7
Athens, Epigraphical Museum, nos. EM1000-EM12999
box 8
Athens, Epigraphical Museum, nos. EM13000-EM13999 and unnumbered
box 9
Athens, other locations
Scope and Contents
Includes Acropolis in situ, Acropolis Museum, Agora, American School of Classical Studies, Kerameikos, National Museum, Pnyx,
Roman Agora, unknown location.
Non-Athenian inscriptions
box 10
Filed by provenience, A-K
box 11
Filed by provenience, L-Z
box 12
Filed by current location,
box 13
Inscriptions on other materials
box 14
Grafitti and bilingual inscriptions
Scope and Contents
Also includes gameboards and measuring marks.
box 15
Italic: Etruscan, Oscan, Punic
box 17
Cologne no. 400-800, FB..., Lü..., N..., and unnumbered
box 18
Cologne no. 24.000-74.000
By current location (provenience unknown)
box 23
Inscriptions on metal and terracotta
