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'''Object Type:''' e.g. stele, statue base, plaque, etc  
 
'''Object Type:''' e.g. stele, statue base, plaque, etc  
  
'''Material:''' stone (with type, if known) or metal  
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'''Material:''' stone (with colour and type, if known; acknowledge the person who made the claim about the colour/type) or metal  
  
'''Original Location:''' City or region, and precise standort if known
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'''Original Location:''' City or region, and precise standort if known, with reference to modern scholarship if appropriate; if appropriate, state line number if place of publication stated on stone
  
'''Provenance:''' Fundort (if known)
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'''Provenance:''' Fundort (if known); v. important to acknowledge references and controversies
  
'''Date:''' exact date, or a range. Use BC/AD.
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'''Date:''' exact date, or a range, and reference to relevant controversies/scholarship. Use BC/AD.
  
'''Dimensions:''' height, width, thickness (in that order; expressed in metres if possible)
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'''Dimensions:''' height, width, thickness (in that order; expressed in metres if possible). If we have not autopsied, then acknowledge the publication the measurements have come from.
  
 
'''Layout:''' e.g. stoichedon, number of rows or columns
 
'''Layout:''' e.g. stoichedon, number of rows or columns
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'''Writing:''' style of lettering, distinctive features
 
'''Writing:''' style of lettering, distinctive features
  
'''Condition:''' complete or fragmentary; any damage  
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'''Condition:''' complete or fragmentary; any damage (with acknowledgements if not by autopsy)
  
 
'''Decoration:''' relief, moulding, etc  
 
'''Decoration:''' relief, moulding, etc  
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== Collection ==
 
== Collection ==
'''Location:''' include specific location info (e.g. on display) if known
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'''Location:''' include specific location info (e.g. on display) if known. If location uncertain, offer notes on the date of latest observation.
  
'''Collector(s):''' name of collector(s), if known.
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'''Collector(s):''' name of earliest collector(s), if known; name of donor to collection; notes on intermediary owners could usefully be noted here.
  
'''Date collected:''' Date when the collector acquired the inscription, and/or date on which it was added to this collection  
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'''Date collected:''' Date when the earliest known collector acquired the inscription, and/or date on which it was added to this collection .
  
 
'''Accession or catalogue number:''' Catalogue reference or accession number  
 
'''Accession or catalogue number:''' Catalogue reference or accession number  

Revision as of 22:01, 30 May 2014


Modern Publication(s): significant editions, starting with the earliest

Brief description: summary of inscription content


Attributes

Inscription Type: e.g. decree, epitaph, altar, dedication, etc

Object Type: e.g. stele, statue base, plaque, etc

Material: stone (with colour and type, if known; acknowledge the person who made the claim about the colour/type) or metal

Original Location: City or region, and precise standort if known, with reference to modern scholarship if appropriate; if appropriate, state line number if place of publication stated on stone

Provenance: Fundort (if known); v. important to acknowledge references and controversies

Date: exact date, or a range, and reference to relevant controversies/scholarship. Use BC/AD.

Dimensions: height, width, thickness (in that order; expressed in metres if possible). If we have not autopsied, then acknowledge the publication the measurements have come from.

Layout: e.g. stoichedon, number of rows or columns

Writing: style of lettering, distinctive features

Condition: complete or fragmentary; any damage (with acknowledgements if not by autopsy)

Decoration: relief, moulding, etc


Collection

Location: include specific location info (e.g. on display) if known. If location uncertain, offer notes on the date of latest observation.

Collector(s): name of earliest collector(s), if known; name of donor to collection; notes on intermediary owners could usefully be noted here.

Date collected: Date when the earliest known collector acquired the inscription, and/or date on which it was added to this collection .

Accession or catalogue number: Catalogue reference or accession number


Translation

Translation, or link to published translation

Bibliography

Give major bibliography, in this form. List in alphabetical order by surname of author:

E. Kalinka, Tituli Asiae Minoris II. Tituli Lyciae linguis Graeca et Latina conscripti, Fasc. 1, nos. 1-395, Pars Lyciae occidentalis cum Xantho oppido (Vienna, 1920), no. 261.

A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), 345-7

H. A. Ormerod, 'Greek Inscriptions in the Museum of the Liverpool Royal Institution,' Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology 6 (1914), 99-108 at 106-8.

Web Links

link title


Image(s)

Images or information about location of images