Library images
Behistun Inscription
A schematic representation of the Behistun inscription, showing Darius and the rebels he defeated at the beginning of his reign. From Oskar Jäger, Weltgeschicte, Bd. 1: Geschichte des Altertums (ISAW call no. Small D20.J34 1887 Bd. 1), p. 77.
05012015_Librarians_FCLSC
From left to right, Colin McCaffrey (Yale), Chuck Jones (Penn State and former Head Librarian of ISAW), Jerry Heverly (NYU and founding Chair of the FCLSC), and the thoughtful hands of ISAW's Gabriel McKee
05012015_Burke_FCLSC
Burke Gerstenschlager (OUP) describing new developments in the Oxford Classical Dictionary and the Oxford Handbooks Online
05162015_NAPS1_2015_papaction
Papyrologists in Action: (from left to right) Roger Bagnall and Micaela Langellotti (UC Berkeley) discuss a reading in a Roman-era contract presented by Micaela, while Todd Hickey (UC Berkeley), David Ratzan, and Graham Claytor (Basel) debate alternative reconstructions of the document's opening formula.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE). AR Tetradrachm, Akko-Ptolemais, ca. 168-164 BCE (Mørkholm 14)
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE). AR Tetradrachm, Akko-Ptolemais, ca. 168-164 BCE (Mørkholm 14)
Behistun Inscription
A schematic representation of the Behistun inscription, showing Darius and the rebels he defeated at the beginning of his reign. From Oskar Jäger, Weltgeschicte, Bd. 1: Geschichte des Altertums (ISAW call no. Small D20.J34 1887 Bd. 1), p. 77.
Ionic Temple on the Ilissus
“Ionic Temple on the Illissus.” Stuart and Revett. Antiquities of Athens, vol. 1, chap. 2, pl. 1.
Athena Archegetis
“Doric Portico at Athens [Gate of Athena Archegetis].” Stuart and Revett. Antiquities of Athens, vol. 1, chap. 1, pl. 1.
Athena Archegetis - today
The same site as it currently stands. Sanbec. “The Gate of Athena Archegetis.” 2008. ©Sanbec / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 / GFDL
James Fergusson. "The Palaces of Nimroud Restored."
James Fergusson. The Palaces of Nimroud Restored. From Austen Henry Layard. A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh. London: Murray, 1853, pl. 1.
"Colossal Lion, Great Entrance (Nimroud)."
Colossal Lion, Great Entrance (Nimroud). From Austen Henry Layard. A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh. London: Murray, 1853, pl. 2.
"Fish God (Nimroud), Figure Near an Entrance (Kouyunjuk)."
Fish God (Nimroud), Figure Near an Entrence (Kouyunjuk). From Austen Henry Layard. A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh. London: Murray, 1853, pl. 6.
"Basreliefs at an entrance to a small temple (Nimroud)."
Basreliefs at an entrance to a small temple (Nimroud). From Austen Henry Layard. A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh. London: Murray, 1853, pl. 5.
Fihrist-i asnād-i mawqūfāt-i Īrān: asnād-i mawjūd dar Sāzmān-i Awqāf va Umūr-i Khayrīyah, v. 1
Fihrist-i asnād-i mawqūfāt-i Īrān: asnād-i mawjūd dar Sāzmān-i Awqāf va Umūr-i Khayrīyah, v. 1. Small Collection: BP170.25 .R59 2003 v.1.
Pilgrimage to Angkor
A pilgrimage to Angkor. Pierre Loti (Julien Viaud), based on a translation by W.P. Baines. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1999, c1996. Small Collection: DS554.98.A5 L6713 1999.
Junli Diao cooking for Enemy Kitchen, May 2015
Junli Diao helping to make Puabi cylinder seal deserts for Michael Rakowitz's Enemy Kitchen, May 2015.
P.Mich. XI (ASP 9)
The Title page from P.Mich. XI, edited by John C. Shelton and published as ASP 9. Now available online in AWDL.
Text of the Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi, from V. Scheil, Textes élamites-sémitiques: Deuxième série (Délégation en Perse. Mémoires; tome IV). Antiquarian Collection: DS261 .F8 t.4 1902.
Code of Hammurabi text
The Code of Hammurabi, from V. Scheil, Textes élamites-sémitiques: Deuxième série (Délégation en Perse. Mémoires; tome IV). Antiquarian Collection: DS261 .F8 t.4 1902.
Comic texts found in Egypt
Results tabulated from the Mertens-Pack 3 database online from CEDOPAL at the Université de Liège.
P.Oxy. 535
A papyrus of Homer, Iliad 1: 43-59. Accents were added strategically as reading aids. See Oppen, S.BASP 51, pp. 35-40.
Novelists Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and James Morrow in conversation at the Second Conference of the ISHS.
Novelists Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and James Morrow in conversation at the Second Conference of the ISHS.
Dictionaries in the ISAW Library reference section
Dictionaries in the ISAW Library reference section.
Ratzan ICP 28 Barcelona
David Ratzan and Peter van Minnen at the 28th International Congress of Papyrologists, Barcelona, 2016
Ancient Ink Lab spectra 2016
Spectra associated with the original 17 mss. Raman study of the AIL 2016
Flying Saucers are Real!
... Flying Saucers are Real! By Jack Womack. Introduction by William Gibson. Edited by Michael O. Daley, Johan Kugelberg, and Gabriel Mckee. Published by Anthology Editions, 2016.
The Imperial Archive on Scarif in 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.'
The Imperial Archive on Scarif in 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.'
Nadin Necropolis
From the hilltop at Nadin, overlooking the Adriatic plains with the Dinaric Alps in the background. Photograph by Tisa Loewen.
Ref3-Library
The ISAW Library's Reference 3 collection contains materials related to the Greek & Latin languages, Classical literature, papyrology, and epigraphy.
Detail from Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar
'Man and his occupations' from the sign list in Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar
"Ruffle (?)" and other entries in Faulkner's Concise Dictionary
'Ruffle (?)' and other entries in Faulkner's Concise Dictionary
Champollion's alphabets
Comparative alphabets of hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic in Champollion's Precis
Volk selection
Reading selection from K. Volk’s A Sumerian Reader, specifically an illustration of “’Urnammu 9” from the Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Texts in the British Museum.
Hayes selection
Reading selection from J. L. Hayes’s A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts, specifically a detail illustration from a large door socket of Amar-Sin.
Cylinders of Gudea
The Cylinders of Gudea, the longest continuous Sumerian text, at the Louvre Museum (photo by Ramessos via wikimedia)
Sturgeon at Future Philologies
Donald Sturgeon presents on Chinese text analysis tools at Future Philologies.
Precision legend for ISAW Library New Titles maps
Legend for new titles maps indicating the level of precision with which a title is identified with a point on the map.
bagnall-retirement-cake
Cake—with Latin inscription from Pliny the Younger—presented to Roger Bagnall on the occasion of his retirement at ISAW.
dh-2017
Patrick J. Burns and Gabriel McKee presenting ISAW Library research at the DH2017 Poster Session.
Burns's "Parrot Lectures" at ISAW
Patrick J. Burns gives a lecture on parrots in Greek and Roman literature in ISAW's Oak Library.
Jasmine at ARCE
Jasmine Smith presenting a poster at the American Research Center in Egypt Annual Meeting
3-D printed model of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way at Babylon
A 3-D printed model of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way at Babylon, printed by Taylor Shields of NYU's LaGuardia Studio after a digital model created by Olof Pedersén.
Silk Road gameboard and OSM map
Distorted game board for the game "Silk Road" displayed over OpenStreetMap basemap of China, Central Asia, and the Middle East
Esagil board over Google Earth imagery
Image showing the game board for the game Esagil overlaid over Google Satellite imagery of the Babylon site, with the board rendered semi-transparent
Tigris & Euphrates, Pleiades, and Google Earth
Screenshot from Google Earth showing the game board to Tigris & Euphrates overlaid on Google Earth satellite imagery of Mesopotamia, with points representing Pleiades places for sites in Mesopotamia
Orodes I, from Arsaces I in profile from a coin, on a page from Jean Foy-Vaillant’s Arsacidarum Imperium
Oredes I of Parthia in profile from a coin, on a page from Jean Foy-Vaillant’s Arsacidarum Imperium
ChatGPT Latin training data comparison
Nested proportional area chart showing the size difference between the number of Latin words in the poet Catullus and GPT-3's training data.
Animal Man #5
The cover of Animal Man #5, showing an oversized hand painting a superhero in a cruciform pose.
Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Iliad. (Courtesy of Susan Jaffe Tane)
The title page of Jefferson's copy of Homer's Iliad. The page facing the title page has an extensive handwritten annotation in Greek and Latin.
Jefferson's copy of the Iliad, on display at the Grolier Club.
A display case containing Jefferson's copy of the Iliad, before a sign advertising the exhibition "Presidents and Their Books."